Nutritional Values on package food

I always use the Nutritional Values on package food to calculate my Carbohydrate Portions and most times they are very helpful. When they are in tabular form they are easy to read - there is a column for values per 100g and a separate column for values per pack. I have problems, however, when they are just text - a string of words and numbers. The text size is usually quite small - too small for my poor old eyes - and on a couple of occasions I have used the 'per 100g' value instead of the 'per pack' value and not injected enough QA.

Has anybody else had this problem?

Hi Alan,
I have also found it helpful to check the nutritional values on packets but as you say it sometimes takes a bit of mental arithmetic if it is in G of cho/100G product instead of per portion and I have occasionaly run in to trouble by making a mistake in my calculation!

I have a credit card sized magnifier (with a built-in light!) which I keep in my wallet for reading those pesky tiny-text nutrition details!

Stew

Where did you buy your credit card size magnifier Stew? Sounds useful ..

Hi Mark, my better half got it for me - from EBay I think!

Stew

You could also take a pic of it with your phone and then enlarge the picture on your phone :-)

I'm afraid that's not possible for me, Susan - I'm one of the few people without a smart-phone.