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Transcript - Dilemma
Close up of several shopping carts.
Sound of shopping carts being separated.
Sound of light background music.
Woman grocery shopping in freezer aisle places item in a shopping cart.
Now in dairy section, the woman puts milk in her cart.
Now in dry goods aisle, the woman compares the backs of two boxes of food.
Narrator - Making informed food choices can sometimes be challenging for all of us.
Close up of Nutrition Facts table on pre-packaged food box.
Graphic - Symbols from the Nutrition Facts table lift off the boxes and swirl around woman.
Swirling, metallic sounds.
Narrator - Use the percent daily value in the Nutrition Facts table to quickly understand if a food has a little or a lot of a nutrient.
Woman returns one box to shelf and puts the other in cart.
Graphic - Percent Daily Value logo with web URL with logos of Food & Consumer Products of Canada and Health Canada at the bottom.
Narrator - Learn how at healthycanadians.gc.ca/dailyvalue.
