Nutritional Food Labels

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
n u t i t n
Food and nutrients the body needs to grow
2.
f o d
What we eat to get energy and grow
3.
l a e
A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical
4.
i r d i e t s
Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (plural)
5.
v t m n s
Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural)
6.
c a o i e
A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural)
7.
l e l a t i o
Law enacted by a ___ body
8.
d i a r y
9.
s e i n g
An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
10.
f t s
Greasy substance in food and body tissue (plural)
11.
c h l t e o l
An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver
12.
s i u m
A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group
13.
s a r s
Sweet white crystals added to food (plural)
14.
p c e n a g e
A proportion in relation to a whole
15.
v l e
A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
16.
d a i
A newspaper that is published every day
17.
p r t e n
Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle
18.
t o t
The whole amount
19.
f i r
Any of several elongated, threadlike cells
20.
g a m
A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (plural)