Food Labeling Assignment

Food Labeling Assignment Name:______

This counts as an in-class writing assignment. Due Tues, Feb 24.

Go through powerpoint lecture on labeling www.csun.edu/~cjh78264/heiss/nutrition) and do the interactive quiz on this website: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flquiz1.html , then answer the following questions using the label below.*

Use the food product label provided to find the following Information:

1. Name of Product: ______

2. List the three prominent ingredients:

1.______2.______3.______

3. How many calories are in 1 serving? ______

4. What is the serving size? ______

5. How many servings are in the container? ______

6. In one serving, how many calories are provided by: (hint 1 gram of fat has 9 kcal; 1 gram carb has 4 kcal; 1 gram protein has 4 kcal)

Fat______Carbohydrate______Protein______

10. What percent of kcalories in the product come from fat? (hint: divide fat kcalories by total kcalories in one serving and multiply by 100)

______INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT LOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, 11. What percent of the Daily Value for protein would THIAMIN MONONITRATE[VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], 3 servings provide? FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, GRANULAR AND CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, ______SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, Additional information on food labeling can be found at SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6) http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html http://www.healthchecksystems.com/label.htm http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/fntr2/l883.pdf