AP Human Geo Topic

5.9 Assignment
By Jeremiah Robles
Food:
● Cocoa Butter
● Chocolate
● Peanuts
● Salt
● Milk
● Corn Syrup
● Sugar
● Wheat Flour
● Soybean Oil
● Caramel Color
● Canola Oil
● Soy
● Light Brown Sugar
● Oat Flakes
● Molasses
● Cinnamon
● Dried Eggs
● Raisin Paste
● Water
● Invert Sugar
What Country?
● Cocoa Butter is from West Africa.
● Chocolate is from South America.
● Peanuts is from Mexico.
● Salt is from Southern Poland.
● Milk is from France.
● Corn Syrup is from Germany.
● Sugar is from Northern India.
● Wheat Flour is from Switzerland.
● Soybean Oil is from United States.
● Caramel Color is from France.
● Canola Oil is from Canada.
● Soy is from Brazil.
● Light Brown Sugar is from Middle East of India.
● Oat Flakes is from Scotland.
● Molasses is from China.
● Cinnamon is from Egypt.
● Dried Eggs is from United Kingdom.
● Raisin Paste is from Australia.
● Water is from the Earth.
● Invert Sugar is from Northern India.
How many miles did it travel?
● Cocoa Butter (8379 miles)
● Chocolate (4421 miles)
● Peanuts (1994 miles)
● Salt (5799 miles)
● Milk (5440 miles)
● Corn Syrup (5589 miles)
● Sugar (7905 miles)
● Wheat Flour (5696 miles)
● Soybean Oil (1622 miles)
● Caramel Color (5440 miles)
● Canola Oil (1205 miles)
● Soy (4421 miles)
● Light Brown Sugar (7905 miles)
● Oat Flakes (4926 miles)
● Molasses (6259 miles)
● Cinnamon (7385 miles)
● Dried Eggs (5236 miles)
● Raisin Paste (7717 miles)
● Water (everywhere)
● Invert Sugar (7905 miles)
Label Characteristics
● Cocoa Butter - can be found in cookies and anything that relates to chocolate
● Chocolate - can be found in cookies and hershey kisses and more
● Peanuts - can be found in snickers and such
● Salt - again can be found in cookies
● Milk - can be found in COOKIES
● Corn Syrup - can be found in cookies
● Sugar - can be found in cookies
● Wheat Flour - can be found in cookies
● Soybean Oil - again again again again can be found in cookies
● Caramel Color - and again can be found in cookies
● Canola Oil - and again again can be found in cookies
● Soy - can be found in COOKIES COOKIES
● Light Brown Sugar - again again again can be found in cookies
● Oat Flakes - can be found in Oatmeal Mini COOKIES
● Molasses - can be found in Oatmeal Mini COOKIES
● Cinnamon - can be found in Oatmeal Mini COOKIES
● Dried Eggs - can be found in Oatmeal Mini COOKIES
● Raisin Paste - Can be found in Oatmeal Mini Cookies
● Water - can be found in almost literally almost anything
● Invert Sugar - Can be found in Snickers
Cautionary Labels
● Cocoa Butter - No Cautionary Labels
● Chocolate - No Cautionary Labels
● Peanuts - Cookies
● Salt - No Cautionary Labels
● Milk - Cookies
● Corn Syrup - No Cautionary Labels
● Sugar - No Cautionary Labels
● Wheat Flour - Cookies
● Soybean Oil - No Cautionary Labels
● Caramel Color - No Cautionary Labels
● Canola Oil - No Cautionary Labels
● Soy - Cookies
● Light Brown Sugar - No Cautionary Labels
● Oat Flakes - No Cautionary Labels
● Molasses - No Cautionary Labels
● Cinnamon - No Cautionary Labels
● Dried Eggs - Cookies
● Raisin Paste - No Cautionary Labels
● Water - No Cautionary Labels
● Invert Sugar - No Cautionary Labels
Is Their Evidence of GMO or GMF?
● Cocoa Butter - GMF
● Chocolate - GMO
● Peanuts - GMO
● Salt - GMO
● Milk - GMO
● Corn Syrup - GMF
● Sugar - GMO
● Wheat Flour - GMF
● Soybean Oil - GMF
● Caramel Color - GMF
● Canola Oil - GMF
● Soy - GMO
● Light Brown Sugar - GMF
● Oat Flakes - GMO
● Molasses - GMF
● Cinnamon - GMF
● Dried Eggs - GMF
● Raisin Paste - GMF
● Water - GMO
● Invert Sugar - GMF
Discuss the labeling practices and Whether they would influence you in
purchasing the product:

● The labeling practices would influence me purchasing the product by

reading and they realizing what are even some of these words.
Making it confusing and then influences your choice to buy the
product, whether you think that now this might harm yourself when
you eat it.
What food item traveled the farthest or shortest?

● Cocoa Butter - Is the farthest item traveled, 8379 miles. This is

most likely transported through planes with supplies.
● Canola Oil - Is the shortest item traveled, 1205 miles. Canola Oil
is local, it's in the US, and it's most likely transported through
big trucks.
 Oat Flakes
Wheat Flour
Canola Oil Dried Eggs Corn Syrup
Milk
SaltCaramel Color

Soybean Oil Molasses

Cinnanmon Light Brown Sugar
Cocoa Butter
Peanuts
Chocolate
Water (Comes
from the Earth) Soy Invert
Sugar Sugar Raisin Paste
5 Items that traveled the farthest:
● Cocoa Butter (8379 miles)
● Invert Sugar (7905 miles)
● Sugar (7905 miles)
● Light Brown Sugar (7905 miles)
● Cinnamon (7385 miles)
● These items that traveled the fastest and guessing thee geographic processes involved in growing and transporting of
these items are most likely growing then or collecting those specific items from another object or plant, to get the
one intended. The probability of the geographic process for cocoa butter is probably being collected by a tree, then
transporting goods to a truck, then to an airport of goods to send to the US and other countries. I think the same for
all sugars included, invert sugar, light brown sugar, and sugar. Since these are items collected from a tree or plant of
some sort. With cinnamon, these are collected from the inside of a tree bark. So the Cocoa Butter, the Sugars and
Cinnamon are collected in the same way, most likely as in an educated guess. With of course applying the principles
of the Von Thunen as to saying along with this.
One item to research and determine the growing conditions, transporting, and processing,
including boxing, warehousing, and marketing is…
● Chocolate (Growing Conditions)
● Cacao can only grow within about 20° north and south of the equator—south of the Mediterranean home of carob, in fact. Cacao trees
only prosper under specific conditions, including fairly uniform temperatures, high humidity, abundant rain, nitrogen-rich soil, and
protection from wind. In short, cacao trees thrive in rainforests.
● Chocolate (Transporting)
● Raw cocoa is transported in so-called "coffee containers" with natural ventilation. An important condition for transportation is minimizing
water content in the product itself, the container, and in the container surface coating. The container surfaces must be dry and clean with
a moisture percentage not exceeding prescribed limits. Minimizing humidity helps avoid the additional formation of water vapor inside
the container and prevents damage to and decay of grated cocoa.
● Chocolate (Processing)
● Step 1: Cleaning, Step 2: Roasting, Step 3: Shell Removal, Step 4: Nibs are ground, Step 5: Cocoa is separated from Cocoa Butter, Step 6:
Other ingredients are added to the Chocolate Liquor, Step 7: Conching machines knead the Chocolate Paste, Step 8: Chocolate is
Tempered by Heating, Cooling & Reheating, and lastly, Step 9: Liquid Chocolate is Temporary Stored.
● Chocolate (Boxing)
● This goes with transporting in so-called “coffee containers” with natural ventilation.
● Chocolate (Warehousing)
● Warehousing is temperature controlled stored factory. And in Chocolate transport warehouse, its with Transportation and warehousing of
chocolates, and then requiring two main categories of chocolates and chocolate containing products. So this also goes with transporting
chocolate and boxing.
● Chocolate (Marketing)
● Of course, one of the most tried and true ways of marketing chocolate is by featuring the product as a reward. In other words, chocolate
is often marketed as an indulgence, something people can enjoy. This is the kind of idea that can be sold by chocolate makers of all kinds,
regardless of whether they’re a prestige brand or a common brand.