Sci_241_Food_Label_Worksheet

University of Phoenix Material Understanding Food Labels Worksheet Part A: Analyzing a Food Label Complete the table below by filling in the requested items. Use the food label of your favorite snack to obtain the information needed. |Name of Product | | |Serving Size |7 oz. | |Number of servings per |1 | |container-package | | |1 |Amount Per Serving | |Calories |430 | |Fat calories |240 | |Grams of fat |27g | |Amount of unsaturated fat | | |Amount of saturated fat |10g | |Amount of trans fat |0.5g | |Amount of sodium (salt) |700mg | |Grams of protein |10g | |Grams of carbohydrates |37g | |Grams of Fiber |2g | Part B: Calculating Calories Complete the equations below by using the information you obtained in Part A tables. Use figure 5.19 of the Visualizing Nutrition textbook as a guidance. Number of calories from proteins: _10___x_4___ = ___40g____ 1 gram of protein = 4 calories Number of calories from carbs: __40___x__4___=__160g____ 1 gram of carbs = 4 calories Number of calories from fat: _____x___9__=___9.30g______ 1 gram of fat = 9 calories If you were to eat the entire product, how many calories would you have consumed: Fat: _9.30____ Proteins: ___40____ Carbohydrates: 37g______ Total calories: 86.3g________ Part C: Food Label Questions Response to each of the following questions using the information obtained in Parts A and B. 1. How many calories/grams,fat/grams, and carbohydrates/grams protein are there for the entire package' 707g 2. How much fiber is there per serving/package' 2g 3. If the recommended fiber intake per day is 25-30 grams, would this food item be a good source of fiber' Why or why not' It would not be a good source because it is under the recommended intake. 4. If there were 0.49 grams trans fat per serving in the food item you are analyzing, how much trans fat would be consumed if you were to eat the entire package' (Trans fat rule: if there is less than 0.5 grams of trans fats per serving in a food, it can be listed on the food label as ‘0 grams trans fat per serving.) 0.245 5. How can a person determine whether or not there are trans fats in a food' There is no recommended total daily value for trans fat, so you won’t find the %DV of trans fat on a food’s Nutrition Facts Label. However, you can still use the label to see if a food contains trans fat and to compare two foods by checking to see if grams of trans fat are listed. If there is anything other than 0 grams listed, then the food contains trans fat 6. List all the ingredients on the label. Highlight and briefly discuss any ingredients of concern. Filling: Chicken Broth (Water, Chicken Flavor [Chicken Stock, Salt, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Flavors, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Cooked Chicken Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate and Citric Acid]), Cooked Turkey Meat (Turkey Meat, Water, Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate), Carrots, Potatoes (Calcium Chloride), Mechanically Separated Turkey (Mechanically Separated Turkey, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Natural Flavoring, Citric Acid), Contains 2% or Less of the Following: Modified Food Starch, Peas, Chicken Fat, Flavorings, Soybean Oil, Emulsifier (Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate), Sugar, Natural Flavoring, Paprika, Beta Carotene (Corn Oil, Beta Carotene), Oleoresin Turmeric. Crust: Wheat Flour, Shortening (BHT), Water, Dextrose, Salt. Maillose (Water, Caramel Color).