Understanding Nutrition Labels Instructions: For this activity, you will evaluat

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Understanding Nutrition Labels

Instructions: For this activity, you will evaluate the nutrition information given on the following box of breakfast cereal:

2 points. Does this food product contain added sugars? If yes, list them:

1 point. Is this cereal free of saturated fats?

2 points. If you consumed ¾ cup of dry cereal as a snack, your snack could be considered high in which nutrients?

1 point. Does this cereal potentially contain one or more food allergen? If yes, list the potential, common allergens:

1 point. Is this cereal gluten free?

1.5 points. If you ate the entire box (with no milk), how many calories would you have consumed? (Please show calculations).

1.5 points. If you ate the entire box (with no milk), what % DV of sodium would you have consumed? (Please show calculations).

Nutrition Facts 110 Serving Size 34 cup (28g) Servings Per Container about 17 rain Honey Nut Honey with Nut cup Amount Per Serving Cheerios Bkim milk. Calories 10 150 Calories from Fa 15 Cheerios Daily Value** Total Fat 1.5g Saturated Fat 0g 0% Trans Fat 0g nsaturated Fat 0.5 Monounsaturated Fat 0.5g Cholesterol 0mg 09% Sodium 190mg 11 Potassium 1 Total cholester Carbohydrate 22g Dictary Fibor2g Soluble Fiber less than 1g Sugars 99 Other Carbohydrate 11 Protein 3g Vitamin A 10% 155% Vitamin C 10% 10% Calcium 10% 25% Iron 25% 25% Vitamin D 10% 25% 25% 3056 boflavin 25% 35% 25% 2556 Swertrnist While Hinin Elst lens Vitamin B 25% 25% NET WT1 LB101 (1707 81gl nolic Acid 50% 50% 355% Vitamin B 25% INGREDIENTS: WHOLE GRAIN 0ATS, SUGAR, 0AT BRAN Phosphorus 10% 20% MODIFIED CORN STARCH. HONEY BROWN SUGAR SYRUP SALT. Magnesium 8% 109% CALCIUM CARBONATE, TRIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE CANOLA Zinc 25% AND/OR RICE BRAN OIL ZINC AND IRON (MINERAL NUTRIENTS), Admount in cereal. A serving of cereal plus skim mik VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE), A B VITAMIN (NIACINAMIDE provides 15g total tat, less than 5mg cholesterol 250mg sodium, 320mg potassim,28g VITAMIN Be (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B sugars and protein. (RB0FLAMN), VITAMIN B1 ffHIAMIN MONONITRATE VITAMIN A Your daily may bo highcr or rkspending on (PALMITATE), A B VITAMIN (FOLIC ACID), VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D. NATURAL ALMOND FLAVOR. WHEAT FLOUR, VITAMIN E (MIXED TOCOPHEROLS) ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS Tatas rat Less than Strat Less than CONTAINS ALMOND AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS. Less than DISTRIBUTED BY General Mills Cereals, LLC Less than 2,400mg Potassium GENERAL OFFICES MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440 USA B2007 General Mills May be mtg. undcr U.S Pat. Nas. 5,433.490 5,523,109 5,968,572 7.021 525 Exchange: 1 Starch Exchange cajculations based on the Exchange Liss for MealPaming 02003te American Deetic Association, the American Diabetes Association.

Explanation / Answer

1) The food product contains added sugars. They are brown sugar syrup and honey.

2) The cereal is free of saturated fat.

3) The snack is rich in folic acid (50%), iron (25%), zinc (25%), thiamine (25%), riboflavin (25%), niacin (25%), vitamin B6 (25%) and vitamin B12 (25%).

4) Whole grain oats, oat bran, corn starch and wheat flour are allergic.

5) the ceral contains corn and oats. So, this not not gluten free.

6) The amount of calories present per serving (28 g ) = 110.

Therefore, the amount of calories in the whole box which contains 481 g = (481 x 110) / 28 = 1889.64 calories

7) 28 g of the ceral contains 190 mg of sodium.

So, 481 g of the cereal contains

= (481 x 190) / 28

= 3263.92 mg of sodium

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