NAME________________________________

HOUR______________

Food Label Laboratory

Purpose: To determine dietary sources of biological macromolecules and evaluate nutritional values
from food labels
Part 1: Analyzing Your Snack
1. How many grams of fat are present in one serving of your snack? ______________
2. How many calories are present in one serving of your snack? ______________
3. Calculate the total fat you would consume if you were to eat the entire snack. ___________
4. Calculate the total calories you would consume if you were to eat the entire snack. __________
Part 2: Measuring Your Serving Size
5. Looking at the nutrition label, how many grams of the snack equal a single serving? _________
6. Calculate approximately how many servings you would be eating if you consumed the entire
package of food.

Part 3: Reading Your Food Label

Information to fill out the chart

There are 9 calories in 1 gram of fat

There are 4 calories in 1 gram of carbohydrates
There are 4 calories in 1 gram of proteins

Input your food label information in each of the proper categories below

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HOUR______________

Name of Food Item: _______________

Calories

Grams of Protein

Total grams of fat

Calories from Proteins

(grams of protein x 4)
Total Carbohydrates (g)

Calories from Fat

(Grams of Fat x 9)
Total Fat
(% of Daily Value)
Cholesterol (mg)
Cholesterol
(% of Daily Value)
Sodium (mg)
Sodium
(% of Daily Value)

Total Carbohydrate
(% of Daily Value)
Calories from Carbs
(grams of carbs x 4)
Grams of Dietary Fiber
Sugar (g)
Vitamins

Part 4: Evaluate your Snack

1.) On a scale of 1 to 100 how would you rate your snack based on its nutrition? (with 100 being
the most nutritious snack in the world)

Not Nutritious (1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(100) Very Nutritious

2.) Cite evidence from both the nutrition label of your snack and your reading/notes to support the
rating you gave your snack in the above question.