Where can I find information on how many calories common foods like spaghetti have?
You may have to look no further than the label on the food you buy at the store. Many countries require packaged foods to include labels that describe the nutritional content of the product. Canada, for example, has adopted a fairly comprehensive nutritional labelling system, which is finding its way onto packaged foods. These include most products that are sold in packages filled by a manufacturer, although I have seen some products packaged at the retail end bearing such labels (e.g., meat packaged by butchers at the store). These labels may not be attached to every product, as the system is still in the introductory stage and not every manufacturer has tested and redesigned their labels yet. Imported specialty foods usually do not have such labels added, if they were not required in their country of production. Labelling may not be required on every product, because of the limited distribution these products currently receive in Canada. The labels are broken into two groups, the fir
