Decoding Nutrition LabelsCut back on extra fat and calories by being a savvy food label detective.
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This tells you how many servings there are in one product. It's not always this simple, though -- "Think of a standard 16-ounce Snapple bottle; though it seems like it should be a single-serving drink, there are in fact two servings per container in this bottle," adds Fishback. Which means if you finish the whole bottle, you have consumed double the calories -- along with all the other nutrients on the label.
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