FOOD LABEL WORK SHEET

 I chose Abil  Hartman To be my parter in this project: questions: //www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ConsumerInformatio/ucm078889.htm#see1

Pick up a food product that has a food label from the front of the room. With the assistance of the internet food label guide, answer the following questions on your food’s label. These questions should give you a good idea of the nutritional value of your food.

 My food product is ROCKY strawberry, biscuit sticks.

1. What is the serving size?  38g
2. How many servings per container?  One serving in a box.
3. How many calories per serving?  190 calories
4. How many calories are from fat?  20.9 calories
5. What percentage of each serving’s calories comes from fat? My serving size is the same as total calories, thus it is once again 11% of fat.

6. What is the total fat percentage of your food? 11% this is high because this is more than 10% of your daily allowence, for one product which is only a snack.
    
7. What is the saturated fat percentage in your food?  It does not say, I am assuring it is 0%
Is this content Low/High? -
8. How much of your diet should come from saturated fats?

9. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats? Satured has  Low density cholesterol which is dangerous for ones health, while unsaturated fats undo the damages of saturated fats.

10. What is the percentage cholesterol in your food? 0%, this is low.
11. How much sodium is in your food? none, this is low
12. What is the carbohydrate content of your food? 27g (9%) It is pretty high because it is a small snack item yet holds around 10% of total carbohydrate value.

13.What is the sugar content of your food? there is not a percentage but we can speculate that the sugar value is high.

14. Why are sugars not good for you? It causes high blood pressure.

15. How much fiber is in your food?  1g
16.Why is fiber good for you? It clears out your digestive systemn by unclogging the junk in it you do not need.
17. How much protein is in your food?  3g (6%) This is a moderate amount.

18. What is the Vitamin A , Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron content of your food?
Vit. A= 12 IU
Vit. C= 0.3mg
Calcium= 4%
Iron= 4%
Are these amounts adequate? yes they are not high percentages.

19. Overall, what would you say is the nutritional value of your food? Is it good for you? Why or why not? I think it is not good for you, because the amount of carbohydrates and other forms of nutrition in relation to your daily value allowence is too high for a snack.  This food does not give you enough energy in comparision to other foods.

Nutrition Analysis - OPTION 2 – Fit Day

Nutrition Analysis- Normal School day (week day)

Nutrition Analysis- Weekend day (non school day)

ANALYSIS OF BOTH DAYS

how did you do with your eating and activity?

I have to say that I am little concerned with my eating and activity levels. Although I was sure I ate a good amount and a balanced diet I am not consuming more energy than I use. This worries me because it means my body does not get enough food for it to be in the best possible ability for my activities. On the other hand I have a very good activity and food level in itself, meaning I do a lot of sport which keeps me active and healthy.

On the weekend it is normally the time I feast on food. I find that I am so busy during the week, that when I am not busy I am bored and thus feel compelled to eat. But from the Calorie balance I can see that is till do need eat more calories than I burn a day.

How did you do with nutrients (including fats)?

On a week day I tend to eat a lot of carbohydrates throughout the day but weirdly not a lot of protein. This is not a good sign because for the amount of activity I do I need to create a lot of tissue, thus need to be eating more protein. Apart from that my fat levels in my diet are not very high, it is only my protein that needs concerning over.

On the weekend I have a more evenly spread intake of food groups. I eat more protein and less carbohydrates, which is a positive outcome. The only thing I am abit un happy about is my fat intake, because I nibbles on a lot of sweet things on the weekend, bringing my fat intake percentage much higher.

Can you identify any irregularities you might have (too high or too low)

On the week day I have a high intake of Carbs, VitaminB-6, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin C, Iron, Manga, Niacin, Ribofl, Selenium, and Thiamin. I am not to concerned with the Iron intake because I need a lot of iron for swimming, the carbs intake is a concern on the other hand. I also have a very low intake of Calcium, Vitamin E, and Vitamin D, which I need to change.

On the weekend I have a high intake of protein, B-12 and Selenium, which is past the maximum allowance intake of 100mg. I find that surprizing because I did not thing my protein levels were high.  And the same low intakes as a week day, which is even more concerning because I need to get more of these at some time, and I am not.