Instructions:

o To complete this assignment, you are required to pick a packaged food or beverage of your choice. Item selected must contain a nutrition facts table, ingredients list and at least $1$ nutrient content$/$health claim. You can search for products online or from your local grocery store.

o Insert images of the selected product on a PowerPoint presentation $($screenshots and camera images are both acceptable$)$ and answer all the questions on the presentation as well

o Make sure this is a different product than the one used in class.

o Must include a list of references used to complete your assignment $($e$.$g$.,$ lecture slides, webpages, nutrition facts table reading resource, etc.$)$

o Before submitting your assignment, please review your responses for grammar and plagiarism. Using work from external sources or other classmates is considered plagiarism and will be penalized.

Please attach images of your selected product in place of the following images:

Insert Image of the Front of the Product Here: Insert Image of the Nutrition Facts Table Here:

Insert Image of the Ingredient List Here:

Please answer the following the questions:

$1.$ What are the benefits of the nutrition facts table? List at least $2$ reasons.

$2.$ Critique and analyze the nutrition labels of the product you have chosen AND provide us with an evaluation of whether this is considered a healthy choice or not.

Things to look out for and include in your discussion:

$$ Nutrition facts table

o Total calories

o Serving size

o Fat $/$ Saturated $/$ Trans$-$fat $/$ Cholesterol content

o Sodium content

o Sugar

o Fibre content

o Protein content

o Vitamins and minerals content

o Would you deem this food product as nutrient dense based on the definition covered in class? Explain.

o What daily value $\%$ is considered low for a nutrient and what daily value $\%$ is considered low for a nutrient?

o Identify one nutrient from the nutrition facts table that the food product is low in and one nutrient that the food product is high in$.$

$$ Ingredient$$s list:

o Include a discussion on which ingredients makes up the most AND least weight of the food product.

o What does the sugars on the nutrition facts table entail? Intrinsic sugar? Added sugar? Both? Justify your reason and support with examples.

$$ Conclude by identifying if the product is considered healthy or not

o Explain why or why not.

$**$ For this question: please limit your response to half page double spaced, font $12.$