ACTIVITY 1: YOUR SNACKS!

(NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Name ___________________________________________________
Date _______________

Class/ ___________ Reg. No:-

Everyone likes to snack but is your snack healthy for you? Let’s find out.

Instructions:

 It’s an individual activity.

 Compare one of your favourite snacks (like any chips, or biscuits,
kurkure etc. or any packed junk foods, carbonated beverages available
in supermarket) with any one snack which you find healthy (like
healthy snack options available in market. Example fruits, milk based
beverages, cereal or pulse based food).
 Take a look at Nutrient label in the back side of the cover and fill the
below. If the healthy snack you are considering does not have the
Nutrient label (example: fruits, milk etc), take the nutrient values from
internet for comparison)
 And then answer all the following questions.

Example:

Your Favourite Snacks which you find

Snack healthy
Lays chips Name of Snack Nandini Cow milk Curd
100 gram Serving Size 100gram
555kcal Calories 59
14.1g Saturated Fat 2
0.1g Trans Fat 0.08
815mg Sodium -
1g Sugar 4.3
Trace Micronutrients together in Calcium: 137mg, minerals:
general 0.8g, vitamin A:
38microgram
Questions:

1. Fill the below table

Your Favourite Snacks which you

Snack find healthy
Name of Snack
Serving Size
Calories
Saturated Fat
Trans Fat
Sodium
Sugar
Micronutrients together in
general

2. Which snack you feel a Nutrient dense snack among the two snacks you
choose?

3. How do you know its Nutrient dense? Justify your answer.

4. Give the definition of Nutrient dense food.

5. How will this make you rethink your snack choices and to choose a Smart
Snack instead of another snack in a grocery store.

PS: Example photo to show the Nutrient Facts/Values in the food packet