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LAB 2 – Carbohydrates

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Comparing Sugar, Fiber, Vitamins and Minerals in Various Foods Instructions: You will be analyzing Nutrition Facts Labels for various foods (breakfast and snacks) and recording data in the fields below. Links to the products are on the last page of this worksheet. You may need to do a Google search of a product if the link is not working. Choose four (4) breakfast foods from those provided on the last page and complete the following tables. BREAKFAST FOODS Food Item

Calories (per serving)

Total Carb (gm)

Nutrigrain bar

130

25 g

1g

12 g

10%

0

1.8 mg

Quaker Peaches and Cream Instant Oatmeal Kellogg’s To Go Shake Quaker Real Medley Oatmeal

110

22 g

2g

8g

0

0

0.8 mg

190

24 g

5g

18 g

60%

60%

2.7 mg

300

53 g

5g

23 g

0%

0%

10%

Fiber (gm)

Sugar (gm)

Vitamin A (%)

Vitamin C (%)

Iron (%)

List the first five (5) ingredients of each food item from above: Food Item Ingredients Nutrigrain bar Whole grain wheat, enriched flour, soybean flour, whole wheat flour, sugar Quaker Peaches and Cream Whole grain oats, sugar, dried peaches, salt, dried cream Instant Oatmeal Kellogg’s To Go Shake Water, nonfat milk, soy protein isolate, sugar, 2% or less of canola oil Quaker Real Medley Oatmeal Whole grain oats, dried apples, walnuts, brown sugar, sugar

1. Calculate sugar as percentage of total carbohydrate for each food item above: (grams of sugar divided by grams of total carbohydrate x 100 to get the percentage) Food Item Calculation (Must show your work.) Nutrigrain bar (12/25) = .48 x 100 = 48% Quaker Peaches and Cream (8/22) = .3636 x 100 = 36.36% Instant Oatmeal Kellogg’s To Go Shake (18/24) = .75 x 100 = 75% Quaker Real Medley Oatmeal (23/53) = .43396 x 100 = 43.39%

Calcium (%)

130 mg 10 mg

320 mg 4%

2. It is recommended that a food item contain at least 3 grams of fiber per serving. Which of the above chosen breakfast foods contains at least 3 grams or more of fiber? The Kellogg’s To Go Shake and the Quaker Real Medley Oatmeal both have over 3 grams of fiber.

3. In the table below, list any non-nutritive sweeteners (artificial sweeteners) in each product. See the list of artificial sweeteners in the lab materials. Sugar is not an artificial sweetener! Food Item Non-Nutritive Sweeteners Nutrigrain bar none Quaker Peaches and Cream None Instant Oatmeal Kellogg’s To Go Shake Sucralose, acesulfame potassium Quaker Real Medley Oatmeal none

4. Using the above data from each table, choose which of the above foods would be the best choice for breakfast? You must explain why! The best option for breakfast would have to be either the Nutrigrain bar, the Quakers peaches and cream oatmeal, or the Quaker real medley oatmeal because they are all natural.

Choose four (4) snack foods from those provided on the last page and complete the following tables. SNACK FOODS Food Item Chobani Fruit on the Bottom Greek Yogurt Honey Nut Cheerios Milk N Cereal Bar Fruit Roll-Ups Kashi Soft-Baked Cookies Oatmeal Dark Chocolate

Calories (per serving)

Total Carb (gm)

130

18 g...