I have picked three foods and they are: * DelMonte Fresh Cut Whole Kernel Corn * Nutrition Facts * Servings size ½ cup (125) 3 ½ servings per container * APS calories 70 fat 10 * DV% Total fat 1g 2%, Sat. fat 0%, Trans fat 0%, Cholesterol 0mg 0%, Sodium 360mg 15%, Potassium 180mg 5%, Total Carbohydrate 13mg 4%, Dietary Fiber 2g 8%, Sugar 3 g, Protein 1m * Vitamins A 0% * Calcium 2% * Vitamin C 0% * Iron 2% * Ingredients: corn, water, salt. * Hunts Petite diced tomatoes * Nutrition Facts * Calories 60 * DV Total Fat 0,0%, Sat.Fat 0,0%, Trans Fat. 0g, Sodium 220mg, 9%, Potassium 260mg, 7%,
I went through my pantry and choose instant mashed potatoes, I never looked at the label before, and for someone that wants to watch their sodium intake, noticed that the daily value of the nutrient sodium is 21%. I understand now that this food is not a good choice if I want to keep my sodium level down. The six key food label facts that can help consumers understand food labels more effectively are as follows: 1. serving size, 2.calories (and calories from Fat), 3&4. The nutrients, 5. The footnote, and 6.
Understanding Food Labels SCI/241 August 17, 2012 Understanding Food Labels Nutrition food labels can help us choose a healthier diet and reduce the risk of related diseases. By understanding how to read the foods labels, this gives you information about the nutritional value of a food. Individuals who are dieting use the food label to keep track of their calories, fat, protein, and all other nutrient intake. The 5/20 rule helps you compare nutrients in similar foods and judge how a food’s nutrients contribute to what you eat each day. Five percent of daily value (DV) or less is low; choose foods with a low DV for nutrients such as cholesterol, saturated fat, and total fat.
If the label says it has a daily value of 20% or more, then it is an excellent source. This rule can also be applied when trying to reduce sodium, or saturated fat from a diet. It would be ideal to eat servings of something with less than 5% of sodium and saturated fat and stay away from foods with more than 20%. Looking into my own pantry I grabbed my family’s favorite cereal and took a look at the label. I found that per serving there is 0% saturated fat, 3% sodium, 23% fiber, 90% iron, and 25% vitamin B12.
Morgan Stanley Experiment 7: Calorie Content of Food Report submitted:3/9/2013 Title: Calorie Content of Food Purpose: To measure the energy content of various food items and to become familiar with energy units like calories and joules. Procedure: measure the energy content of a variety of foods by burning a portion of food and capturing the heat released to a known mass of water in a calorimeter and identify units of measuring heat such as calories and joules. Data: | Marshmallow | Peanut | Popcorn | Food Item Description | Small & White | Small & Salted | Extra Butter | Mass of food & holder – initial | 15.2 | 17.3 | 14.9 | Mass of food & holder – final | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.4 | Mass of food burnt | .70g | .5g | 0g | Mass of beaker | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Mass of beaker & water | 54.2 | 54.2 | 54.2 | Mass of water | 39.9 | 42.6 | 44.83 | Water temp. – initial | 48 | 45 | 47 | Water temp. – final | 36 | 33 | 46 | Delta T (oC change | 12C | 12C | 1 C | Questions: A.
The reagent we use is Benedict’s reagent. Reducing sugar will show positive result while non reducing sugar will not. To test the presence of starch in our next food test, iodine is use. When starch is present the iodine added on it will change its colour from yellow to blue black. For the food test that use to determine the of presence protein we use Biuret test instead of Million’s Test.
To calculate the true protein percentage I will multiply the protein grams by 4 and divide that by the total calories (Blasczyk, W., 2012). I have selected 3 packaged foods in which I will analyze the true fat and protein content; General Mills Cheerios; Kraft Foods Macaroni and Cheese; and Hostess Ding Dongs. Hostess
It shows the total calories per serving and some show unprepared and prepared and then it list total calories from fat. Three and four are combined and they are the nutrient count. The top section of nutrients are those we should avoid and the bottom list the good nutrients. Understand the foot note at the bottom of a label is number 5 and it does a breakdown of the nutrients based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Most products will have this and it does not change every product has same foot note just the amounts might change and if food label is to small the foot note will not be there.
If I had to eat at McDonald’s I would order this meal because it is low in calories and fat, with a downfall in excessive sodium. You can’t will the entire battle eating fast food, so you have to find the lesser of the lack of nutritional evils. 2. Unhealthy Meal a. McDonalds unhealthy meal consisted of an (1) entrée with Angus Bacon and Cheese (2) Large French Fries (3) Large Barq’s Root Beer and (4) apple slices with caramel for dessert. Please refer to following table for
There are many methods and practices to reduce the risk of getting these chronic diseases. I believe that this is where the proposition ‘prevent is better than cure’ is appropriately used. You might have been exposed to the idea of food pyramid by your doctor, parents or even at school. To sum things up, food pyramid is a food guide used to promote the optimal diet practice containing the adequate amount of essential vitamins and minerals needed by us to obtain a healthy body. The food pyramid is divided into 4 tiers, with foods such as rice, bread, cereal products, and pasta sitting at the bottom, proposing 6 to 11 servings per day.