NUTRITION  LABELLING  WORKSHEET

      NUTRITION  LABELLING  WORKSHEET Using a breakfast cereal (solid food, but not breakfast biscuits, liquid drinks or meal replacements) food label of your choice, complete the following information. attach scanned copy(ies) or photos(s) of the product label (including the nutritional panel, ingredients list and any nutrient claims that are made).Ensure the information can be read clearly. This may require up to 2-3 images. If you are unable to do one of these previous options, type a Nutrition Information Panel table, the ingredients list and any claims made on the packaging into your document. 1. Name of product you are evaluating:     __________________________________ Predominant ingredient by weight:     __________________________________ Serving size:           __________________________________ Total number of servings per container: __________________________________ 2. Define fortification and enrichment of a food product. State how you would identify if a product has been fortified/enriched._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________ Is the product fortified or enriched?           YES       NO     (highlight/circle one) If yes what has been added? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Nutrient Content Claims a)  What is the FSANZ criteria for the following dietary fibre nutrient content claims?: ‘Source’_________________________________________________________________________________‘Good Source’_____________________________________________________________________________‘Excellent Source’__________________________________________________________________________ Is the product one of the above?  If so, which one and justify why using FSANZ criteria. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ b) What is the FSANZ criteria for a vitamin or mineral to be i) a ‘source’ or ii) a ‘good source’?‘Source’:__________________________________________________________________________________‘Good Source’: ____________________________________________________________________________Is the product a ‘source’ or ‘good source’ of any vitamins or minerals?  If so, which ones?‘Source’__________________________________________________________________________________‘Good Source’_____________________________________________________________________________ c) What is the FSANZ criteria for a product to be “Reduced” in energy ( kJs) or nutrients such as fat or sodium? Is your product ‘reduced’ in any of these nutrients? If so, which ones?     _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ d) What is the FSANZ criteria for a product to be ‘Low’ in  i) sugar, ii) fat, and  iii) sodium?    LOW SUGAR: __________________________________________________________________________________LOW FAT: _____________________________________________________________________________________LOW SODIUM: _________________________________________________________________________________Is your product ‘low’ in any of these? If so, which ones? _________________________________________Note: You will need to examine the Nutrition Information Panel and compare to FSANZ requirements for these, not just rely on packaging statements 4. Define a) ‘Nutrition content claim’, b) ‘General level health claim’, and c) ‘High level health claim’(pg 57; Whitney et al., 2017), giving an example using calcium for each level of claim._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________Are any of these claims made regarding the product and if so what is the claim being made and which category of claim does it lie in?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________5. Indicate the per serve level of: Sodium : _______ Saturated fat : ________   Worksheet  B NUTRIENT  PERCENTAGES  WORKSHEET Using the same breakfast cereal food label as for Worksheet A, fill in the blanks to complete the following.Fill in these numbers from your label and then use them for the left hand column in Step A below:- Grams of carbohydrates per serving: _____________________________ Grams of protein per serving: _____________________________ Grams of fat per serving _____________________________ Step A: Calculate the total kilojoules per serving as follows:- ________ g carbohydrate x 17 kJ per gram = ________   carbohydrate kJ ________ g protein x 17kJ per gram = ________   protein kJ ________ g fat x 37 kJ per gram = ________   fat kJ TOTAL ENERGY/SERVING = ________   kJ Step B: Calculate the percentage of energy from each of the energy containing nutrients in a serving of the food.   Use the numbers from the above calculations you found for energy from each macronutrient and total energy, to calculate the % energy contribution of each macronutrient in the food (Show calculations; replacing X and Y). energy from  carb         X_____________        x 100 = ________  =  ____________ % kJ from carbTotal kJ/serving         Y energy from  protein    X_____________         x 100 = _______    =  ____________  % kJ from proteinTotal kJ/serving    Y energy from  fat          X_____________         x 100 = ________   = ____________  % kJ from fatTotal kJ/serving          Y ** Note: the total percentage of energy from carbohydrates, protein and fat should equal 100% approximately.   Part C   SummaryGive a brief overview of the findings of the product examined (ie. statement as to whether nutritional claims were made and if they were justified), followed by suggesting ways in which the information found on food labels may be manipulated by food manufacturers to make the food appear to be more attractive to consumers. This will entail you to look at food labels in general and see how and what techniques etc they use to present product information to manipulate/encourage consumers to buy their products.