Labels on food containers are great, since they provide us with nutrition facts. They tell us the calories per serving and the total fats, carbohydrates, sodium, dietary fiber, protein and sugars. Of course, there is the list of ingredients listed on the label as well. The product label may even state this particular food item was manufactured on shared equipment with products that may contain tree nuts and/or peanuts. This is vital due to children and adults who have a life-threatening allergy to nuts. Other food allergens include, but are not limited to the following: wheat, gluten (proteins...
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