Nutrition: Lesson 7, Food Labels

Type of Work: Pairs Product: Snipped Doc Class Time: 1 Period EOC: Submit to Lesson 8 Due: 2 Periods

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NAME: Zachary Hoffman PERIOD: 2 LEVEL: 4 FOOD LABEL/PRODUCT: Thin Mints What is a serving (Number of ounces, number of chips etc.,) ? 4 cookies How many total servings are in your product? (If you were to eat the whole package how many servings would you have had)? 7 serving sizes How many servings do you think you would have if you had this product? 2 servings at the most How many calories are in one serving? 160 Is this high or low for what you are eating? High Why? Because it has little nutrition value and its basically just empty calories that we all love to eat. Do think this product is good for you? Why? No because it does nothing for your body and is empty calories. What is the % DV of Vitamin A 0% C0% Calcium 0% Iron 4% in your product? How many total calories are from fat? 70 What % of DV of fat? 12% How many grams of total carbohydrates: 22g What is the %DV Carbs: 7% What 2 items have a Low % DV (Cholesterol 0% & Dietary Fiber 3%)? What 2 items have a HIGH % DV? (Saturated Fat 25% & Total Fat 12% ) What % of the calories from one serving are from fat? (HINT: Divide total calories from fat by total calories from product): 43.75% Are there any sugars in the ingredients listing (Name all)? Invert Sugar Total grams of protein: 1g How many calories from protein? 4g (Think how many cals are in a gram protein)? So would your product be classified as nutrient dense, empty calories or neither? Empty Calories Explain why: Because it has a lot of your daily value in fat and there is little nutrients in the other ingredients that we need. Is the product refined carbohydrates, complex or both? It is refined Carbohydrates How do you know? Because the item is packaged so it is machine made. Think of a healthier alternative for this Place Label Below Here Describe the product and product and look up its nutrition label why it is healthier. Nuts using the following website. have a lot more nutritional value because even though these have more calories it will give you more for Describe why it is a healthier alternative energy supply.

Thin Mints you are basically eating for pleasure because they are empty calories but with nuts they have more vitamins and less fat and you are not eating away at your daily value like the thin mints.