Name: Aarti Yadav Date: 18/02/22

NTR110 - L03

Lab 2

Food Purchasing Options

Spring 2022

• NTR110L01 - due on 25th February 2022, 12pm.

• Submit assignment to US teaching assistant through UB Learns NTR110

module under Labs*
• Attach My Healthy Plate recommendation to the assignment in a
single document.
• Late lab – 2 points deduction per day including weekends.
• Assignment submitted 1 week after due date will not be graded.

* Students who are absent – You are still required to submit your assignment by
due date & time via UBLearns
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THE FOOD PURCHASING OPTION 1

Visit a small convenience store of your choice and list some of the foods available for purchase, which fit into
My Healthy Plate and would provide you with a well-balanced one day meal plan. Log onto the HPB website
https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/55/my-healthy-plate to obtain the recommended servings (try to follow
these). Please attach the recommendations provided to you by the site and turn them in with the lab.

Name of Convenience Store: ___7/11 _______________________________________________

Using the form provided, plan (DO NOT PURCHASE) one day’s intake below – breakfast, lunch, dinner and
snacks.
FOOD/DRINK AMOUNT Brown rice & Vegetables Fruit Meat & others** Fat/Oil Sugar
wholemeal
bread
EXAMPLE
Turkey Sandwich
 white bread 2 slices 1 serving
 turkey breast 3 slices (90g) 1 serving
 mayonnaise 3 tsp 3 tsp

Fruit juice 1 glass 20g (5 tsp)

(tetrapack) 250mL
Banana 1 1 serving

Breakfast
2 slices/ 1 egg 1 serving 1/3rd ( egg) + ½ from
Egg& cheese milk = 5/6th serving
sandwich 1 glass

Coffee with low fat

milk (cappuccino)

Snack

Instant oatmeal 1/3rd cup 1/2nd serving

with apple and oatmeal 1 serving 10g ( 2 and
cinnamon ½ tsp)

1 Banana

Lunch
1 palm size 2 servings
Assam fish with 1 cup
Japanese Rice 1 serving

Cream of 1 bowl
Mushroom soup

Corn cup 1 cup 1 serving

Snack
1 glass ½ serving ½ serving 2 tbsp
Almond milk 1 slice
Bread + Butter 2 tbsp

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Dinner 2/3rd bowl 1 serving

spaghetti 1 serving
Chicken 90g chicken
Bolognaise
1 serving
Orange

Totals 5 servings 1 serving 2 servings approx 3.5 servings 2 tbsp 10 g

My Healthy Plate 5 -7 servings 2 servings 2 servings 3 servings
Recommendations
Difference (+/-) 0 -1 serving 0 + 0.5 serving

**Note: Meat/protein & milk are categorized as “meat & alternatives” food group of Singapore My Healthy Plate

Using the information above, (Food Purchase Option 1), answer the
following questions:

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1. Did your Intake Totals equal the Recommended Totals from the My Healthy Plate?

My Intake Totals hit the recommended totals from my health plate for everything except
vegetables as it is very difficult to find fresh produce like fruits and vegetables from my chosen
convenience store which is 7/11.

2. Did you have an easy time meeting the My Healthy Plate Recommendations? List the
groups that were hard to fulfill recommendations for and give one reason why for each one.

I think it was easy in terms of convenient ready-to-eat meals at 7/11. Hence it was easier to
meet my requirements for meat/protein, carbohydrates. However, as it is very difficult to find
fresh produce like fruits and vegetables at convenience stores fulfilling recommendations for
vegetables was difficult.

3. How does this store compare to the way you usually shop for food?

Usually, I only shop for snacks at 7/11 as I wasn’t really aware that I could get decent meals at
a convenience store. It was interesting to see that convenience stores were making an effort in
including nutritious meals in their outlets.

3a. Is this the type of store you normally shop at?

I don’t shop at a store like 7/11 for regular meals. This is because the options are very
limited. Finding healthy food is difficult at convenience stores and on top of that they are
expensive.

3b. Would these be foods you would normally purchase?

I would be interested in shopping snacks from 7/11 but it is very less likely that I would
get a meal like a lunch or dinner. This is because I prefer home cooked meals more and food
at convenience stores are ready-to-eat meals which I am still adamant about.

THE FOOD PURCHASING OPTION 2

Visit a Health Food Store (or health food section of a supermarket, if it is rather large) and list some of the foods
available for purchase, which fit into My Healthy Plate and would provide you with a well-balanced one-day meal
plan. Log onto the HPB websitehttps://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/55/my-healthy-plate to obtain the
recommended servings (try to follow these). Please attach the recommendations provided to you by the site
and turn them in with the lab.

Name of Health Food Store: ______Fairprice___________________________________________

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Using the form provided, plan (DO NOT PURCHASE) one day’s intake below – breakfast, lunch, dinner and
snacks.
FOOD/DRINK AMOUNT Brown rice & Vegetables Fruit Meat & others** Fat/Oil Sugar
wholemeal
bread
EXAMPLE
Oat and Barley 1 sachet 1/2 serving
Porridge
Organic mushroom ¼ cup ¼ serving
Organic soymilk ½ glass (125ml) 1/2 serving
Dried fruit organic ¼ cup 1 serving

Breakfast
Wholemeal 4 pieces 1 serving
crackers
2/3rd cup 1 serving 1 serving
Vanilla Oats+ ¼ cup (50g)
Strawberry

Coffee with milk 1 glass 1 serving 1 tsp

and sugar 1 tsp

Snack

¼ cup 1 serving
Dried Mango

Lunch
Pork Dumplings 4 pieces 2 servings
Grilled Salmon 1 palm size
Steamed white rice 1 bowl 1 serving
1 cup 1 serving
Side salad bowl

Snack
Tea with milk and 1 glass + 1 tsp ½ serving
sugar sugar
Bread 2 slices 1 serving
Butter 1tbsp 1 tbsp
Dinner
Tomato soup 1 bowl 2 servings
Tofu 2 blocks 1 serving
Lettuce 1 cup
1 serving
Watermelon 1 slice
1 serving

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Totals 6 servings 2 servings 3 servings 4 and ½ servings 1

tbsp+1
tsp
My Healthy Plate 5 -7 servings 2 servings 2 servings 3 servings
Recommendations
Difference (+/-) 0 0 +1 +1 and ½

* Note: Meat/protein & milk are categorized as “meat & alternatives” food group of Singapore My Healthy Plate

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Using the information from above, (Food Purchase Option 2), answer the
following questions:

4. Did your Intake Totals equal the Recommended Totals from the My Healthy Plate?

Yes

5. Did you have an easy time meeting the My Healthy Plate Recommendations? List the
groups that were hard to fulfill recommendations for and give one reason why for each one.

I had an easy time meeting the My Health Plate Recommendations. FairPrice is a grocery store with
wide range of products in Singapore and one of my chosen places to get groceries from. Hence, there’s
no group that was hard to fulfill recommendations for.

6. How does this store compare to the way you usually shop for food?
The things I shop at this store are usually things like bread, meat, few vegetables. However,
my family and I like shopping from the Indian store more as there’s more variety of things we
actually eat on a day-to-day basis. We cook almost all our meals at home hence, we buy more
fresh produce, rice, lentils, fresh meat, spices etc.

6a. Is this the type of store you normally shop at? Please explain.
I shop at this store usually.
- The price is reasonable
- Located very close to my house
- Has a wide range of food/products to choose from
However. This place has minimal “ethnic” food. I am an Indian and there’s little to no Indian
food at this grocery store. To shop for things like dal, Indian vegetables, spices, etc. my family
goes to this Indian store called Mustafa. Hence, although Fair Price is convenient it has very
less products to offer in terms of things I eat on a day- to-day basis.

6b. Would these be the foods you would normally purchase? Please explain.
I wouldn’t purchase all of the meals listed as I don’t consume sea food, I like making my
own food, I enjoy Indian food more as compared to the local food in Singapore.

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https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/55/my-healthy-plate

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