Question

Deciphering a product's nutritional value is just as important as being able to compare prices. Use the Triscuit food package that is part of this handout, as well as your nutrition book (chapter 2), and answer the following 25 questions. Each question is worth 2 points. 1. What is the serving size listed on Nutrition Facts panel? 2. How many grams of saturated fat does this food contain per serving? 3. According to the FDA, what is the definition of "low fat? 4. According to the FDA definition, could this product be called "low fat?" 5. How many calories are there in a serving of these crackers? 6. If you ate 18 of these Triscuit crackers, how many calories would that be? 7. Look at the Nutrition Facts panel, in the area under the bold print heading "Total Fat." Which type of fat (saturated, trans, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated) is found in the highest amount? Look in the Ingredients area under the Nutrition Facts panel. Which ingredient listed here provided the most fat? 9. Which nutrient provides the highest percentage of the Daily Value that is recommended? 10. What is the FDA's definition of "low cholesterol?" What is the FDA's definition of "low sodium?" 12. Could these crackers be listed as low sodium (according to the FDA's definition)? 13. The FDA recommends that a 2,000 calorie diet have a sodium limit of 2,400 milligrams. Circle the amount of milligrams of sodium recommended by the FDA for a 2,500 calorie diet. 2,400 milligrams 4.000 millierams 3,000 milligrams 3,200 milligrams

Answer 1

1. 6 crackers (28g)
2. 0%
3. According to FDA "low fat" is defined as less than 3 gm /RACC of fat in a diet.
4. No ( it exceeds above 3gm)

5.120
6. 120×3=360kcl
7. Monosaturated-2g
8.cannola oil.

9.Dietaryfibre-11%

10.According to FDA "low cholesterol" is defined as less than 20 gm /RACC of cholesterol in a diet.

11. According to FDA "low sodium" is defined as less than 140mg /RACC of sodium in a diet.

12. Yes( because it is less than 140 mg)

13.3000mg14. More complex carbohydrate( because maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate).

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15. maltodextrin.

16. According to FDA "good source" is defined as if the nutrient provides 10%-20% of the diet.

17.dietary fibre.. Because good source is said when value is between 10%-20%.

18.according to FDA,

FDA has specific requirements for certain dietary fiber claims. A product must contain 20 percent or more of the DRV per reference amount customarily consumed (RACC) to be considered “high” in fiber and between 10 and 19 percent to make a “good source of fiber”.

19 .no
Because high is said when the value is above 20%.

20 . Whole grain wheat

21. Cannola oil.

22.according to FDA ,Nutrient content claims describe the level of a nutrient in the product, using terms such as free, high, and low, or they compare the level of a nutrient in a food to that of another food, using terms such as more, reduced, and lite..

23.

Yes
The points are
-total fat 3.5 gm 4%
-cholestrerol 0mg 0%
-sodium 135mg 0%
-total carbohydrates 20g 7%
- protein 3g
-vit D 0mcg 0%
-calcium 10mg 0%
-Iron 1,4 mg 8%
-Potassium115mg 2%

Total calories 120

24.according to FDA,Def of health claims:health claim" by definition has two essential components: a substance (whether a food, food component, or dietary ingredient) and a disease or health-related condition. A statement lacking either one of these components does not meet the regulatory definition of a health claim.

25.no