Enter food label citations according to APA rules.
Citing food labels for their nutritional information offers readers valuable data they can use to support claims in books and other publications. Find food labels on the Internet to cite as sources or use the information provided on food packaging. Apply American Psychological Association style guidelines for electronic sources when citing food label information in works in the social sciences.
Instructions
1. Write an in-text citation for a food label from a Web page using the APA format for electronic sources with an unknown author and unknown date. Enter "n.d." to indicate no date. Cite a Green Giant canned black beans food label, for example, as follows:
The Green Giant food label for canned black beans lists calories as 90 with zero calories from fat ("Diet Facts," n.d.).
2. Write an entry for a Reference List according to APA guidelines for electronic data sets as described on Purdue Online Writing Lab. Enter the Web source's name and a date, if available. Provide the data title in italics. Place the file type in brackets. End each segment with a period. Write, for instance:
Self Nutrition Data. (2008). Beans, snap, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt [Data file].
3. Follow the file type with the phrase, "Retrieved from" and the URL. Enter this segment of the reference list information in the following way:
Retrieved from http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2342/2
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