Reading Food Labels Part B - Answers 1. 3 ingredients are found in the highest quantity in this cereal? Rice, whole wheat and sugar 2. How many servings of grains from Canada’s Food Guide are equal to a serving of this cereal? 1 serving because 1 serving of grain = 3/4 cup of cereal 3. How many calories are there in one serving of this cereal? 30 calories 4. How many grams of fat? 1 gram 5. How many grams of protein? 2 grams 6. How many grams of carbohydrates? 24 7. How many calories are from fat? 1 gram x 9 calories = 9 calories from fat 8. How many calories are from protein? 2 grams x 4 calories = 8 calories from protein 9. How many calories are from carbohydrates? 24 grams x 4 calories = 96 calories from carbohydrates 10. What % of calories is from fat? 9/130 = .069 equals 7% calories from fat 11. What % of calories is from protein? 8/130 = .061 which equals 6% calories from protein 12. What % of calories is from carbohydrates? 96/130 = .738 which equals 74% calories from carbohydrates 13. Does this cereal fall within the recommendations for the % of calories from fat? yes because only 7% of the calories come from fat 269
Reading Food Labels Part B - Answers 1. 3 ingredients are found in the highest quantity in this cereal? Rice, whole wheat and sugar 2. How many servings of grains from Canada’s Food Guide are equal to a serving of this cereal? 1 serving because 1 serving of grain = 3/4 cup of cereal 3. How many calories are there in one serving of this cereal? 30 calories 4. How many grams of fat? 1 gram 5. How many grams of protein? 2 grams 6. How many grams of carbohydrates? 24 7. How many calories are from fat? 1 gram x 9 calories = 9 calories from fat 8. How many calories are from protein? 2 grams x 4 calories = 8 calories from protein 9. How many calories are from carbohydrates? 24 grams x 4 calories = 96 calories from carbohydrates 10. What % of calories is from fat? 9/130 = .069 equals 7% calories from fat 11. What % of calories is from protein? 8/130 = .061 which equals 6% calories from protein 12. What % of calories is from carbohydrates? 96/130 = .738 which equals 74% calories from carbohydrates 13. Does this cereal fall within the recommendations for the % of calories from fat? yes because only 7% of the calories come from fat 269
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