Reading Labels

 Ok so I've discovered that I'm not so good at reading labels, so I was reading old posts and people say that they don't eat food if the label says that the calories from fat are equal or more then half of the calories. Is there a way of knowing that, not all labels state how many calories from fat there are.

Also any input on what you guys look at when reading labels would be awesome!
 

I read Serving Size, then Protein, Sugar (below 9g/serving), Carbs, Fibre, Sodium, Calories.  If anything doesn't seem right, (high sodium or calories) compared to what the serving size is, back it goes.

i was advised by nut in Guelph that you should take the fat content and times it by 9, if that equals 50% or less then your total calories per serving you should be OK (you want to take into count all the details on the label though.)  obviously the higher % of fat (closer to that 50% mark) the less frequent you want to include that in your meals.  as for the sugar content, i was advised nothing more then 5-8g or if the first five ingredients is sugar (or sugar substance, ie. glucose.)  also, avoid sugar alcohols - nasty little things if you're a dumper.  i would recommend keeping track of some labels (take a picture or write them down) and take them to your next nut apt and ask about them.  that's what i did and it really helped.

Debi.,

ETA - nut also said you can take the fiber away from the carbs (gram for gram)

Not sure all this is accurate but that's what i was advised by my centre and so far it's worked well for me when reading labels.

The multiplication by nine is definitely accurate; 1 gram of fat equals 9 calories.  Multiplying the fat grams by nine will tell you how many of the total calories is from the fat in the product.

I only track calories and protein but I do pay attention to fat and sugar.  Even though I'm not a dumper, I don't want to get into bad habits by allowing too much of these things and then having problems with them later.