Planning 10							Name _________

Health – Nutrition

 1.  Which cookie would be a better choice assuming you ate
	four cookies?  _________ Why?

		Cookie A					Cookie B

	
Serving Size ACTIVITY 

Light Tuna 170g in Water (120 g drained weight) 

You are a young man who has just come home from a soccer practice. You make yourself two sandwiches. 

 1.  How many calories will you get from the tuna in two 
sandwiches using one can of tuna? _______

 

% Daily Value ACTIVITY

 1.  Which product is the better source of iron?  ____________

   Sirloin Burgers		versus 	 Chicken Burgers

Compare fat in three different snack foods. 

Cheese-flavour Popcorn
   
   Tortilla Chips 

         Pretzels

 2.  What is the stated serving size, under the Nutrition Facts 
title, for each product? 

 	Popcorn = _____	Chips = _____	  Pretzels = _____

 3.  What is easier to use, the actual amount of each nutrient 
    (in g or mg) or the % Daily Value? 

 4.  Nutrition Claims ACTIVITY

a)	Which product below is the better source of fibre?  _______
b)	Which product is lower in Fat? ___________
c)	Which product is Cholesterol free?  __________

Product #1				    Product #2

•	Nutrition claims are optional. It is up to manufacturers to see if their product meets the criteria for a claim, and then to put the claim on the food label.
•	Many products will have nutrition claims as these claims highlight a feature of interest to consumers. 
•	Use nutrition claims as a starting point but do not rely only on them to make comparisons. Use Nutrition Facts to get the details, especially on products that do not have claims. 

Nutrition Claims ACTIVITY
The following two claims were listed on similar products. What is the difference?

“Reduced in fat and Cholesterol free”