Download Nutrition Label Assignment

Name: _____________________________________
7. How many servings are in the ENTIRE PACKAGE?
Food Label Assignment: Worksheet
8. How many calories are in EACH SERVING?
Directions: Pick one of your favorite foods, find the nutrition facts label, and answer
the following questions. You can locate information about many products at
http://www.ewg.org/foodscores. Once you have completed the questions, carefully
cut the label out and attach it to this page.
9. How many calories are in the ENTIRE PACKAGE? (Total
# of servings multiplied by the # of calories in each serving)
1. What is your product name?
2. What score does it get on the EWG Food Scores website?
3. What is the net weight of your product? (This is the total for
the entire product. Be sure to label with units of
measurement!)
4. Who manufactured, packed, or distributed the food? Where
is the company located?
10. How many grams of fat are in ONE SERVING of this food?
Saturated fat? Cholesterol? Sodium? Total carbohydrate?
Dietary fiber? Sugars? Protein?
Fat:
Saturated Fat:
Cholesterol:
Sodium:
Total carbohydrate:
Dietary fiber:
Sugars:
Protein:
***ATTACH THE NUTRITION LABEL BELOW.***
5. What ingredients are in the food? (List from LARGEST to
SMALLEST amount by weight.)
6. What is the serving size?
4. Choose one of the ingredients of concern.
Name: _____________________________________
Food Label Assignment: Research
5. What are the concerns/dangers of this ingredient?
Directions: Answer the following questions about the ingredients in the food item.
This will require listing ingredients and researching the use of the ingredient, as well
as the harmful effects these item may have.
1. What is your product name?
2. What ingredients are found in food item? Record all of them.
6. What are functions of the items of concern?
7. What health claims are identified on the label/package?
8. Based on your observation of the food label, would you still
eat this product? Why or why not.
3. List the ingredients of concern found in the food item.
Ingredients that may be considered dangerous.
Food Label Assignment
Food Label Assignment: Rubric
Assignment #4
Knowledge & Understanding (6 marks)
- The student demonstrates knowledge of food nutrition
through proper reading of food labels.
- Demonstrates an understanding of food labels and the
dangers on them.
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Application (6 marks)
- The student applies the proper terminology and calculated
correct caloric intake. .
- The student has submitted three different food products with
complete worksheets.
1. In 1990, the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act went into
effect. The USDA and FDA designed the requirements so
that consumers would have useful information about the
food they eat. But how do you make sense of a food label?
According to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, all
food labels must contain the following information:
 Common name of the product
 Name and address of the product’s manufacturer
 Net contents in terms of weight, measure or count
 Ingredient List
 Nutrition Information
2. Your task is to find three (3) processed snacking items in
your house that are also on the Environmental Working
Group (EWG) Food Score website.
http://www.ewg.org/foodscores
3. Answer the questions on attached worksheets. Remember
you need three items that you can find in your home or
packed lunch. Include the original labels.
4.
Add a title page with your name, date, course code and title
of assignment. Include a reference page of sources used.
Thinking & Inquiry (6 marks)
- The student has paraphrases the work and the impacts of the
ingredients. (Put research into your own words).
- The student has spent time answering each question on the
worksheet. The ingredients of concern have variety (they are
not all the same for each).
Communication (7 marks)
- The student has submitted the assignment with a title page
followed by the research sheets (with original labels) and a
reference page
- The student has checked the spelling and grammar for
accuracy.
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