This document contains a nutrition label assignment for three food items: Vector Cereal, Wheat Thins, and Moose Tracks Ice Cream. It includes the nutrition label and ingredient list for each item. It also contains questions to analyze serving sizes, nutritional content, predominant ingredients, and assigns a letter grade based on nutritional criteria. Key findings include the cereal providing the best nutrition overall, sugar being a predominant ingredient in many foods, and recognizing unfamiliar ingredients on labels. Upon detailed analysis, the cereal received a B, crackers a C, and ice cream an F grade.

1. Foods and Nutrition 12
Nutrient Label Assignment
Name: Kyler Kovich Date: 09/5/20
Instructions:
1. Choose three (3) food items that you regularly eat or purchase.
Examples of items to choose are prepackaged foods like breakfast cereal, mac and cheese, soups,
crackers, chips, ice cream, pizza, salsa, granola bars, etc. ONE must be a sweet choice (granola
bar, dessert, sweetened yogurt, fruit snack etc.)
2. Find a copy of the nutrition label AND list of ingredients for each of your food items online.
a. You can take a photo or use Google
b. Once you find a label and list of ingredients, copy and paste it into Microsoft word (or
other word processing program). Be sure to indicate which food the nutrition label is for
next to the image.
Item Ingredient List and Nutrition label (2 images) – Paste!
Vector Cereal

2. Multigrain Wheat
Thins
Moose Tracks Ice
Cream
3. Complete the following table using the Ingredient list, Nutrition label and Packaging for each
item
Name of Food Item
(Include brand name)
Vector Cereal Multigrain Wheat
Thins
Moose Tracks Ice
Cream
Nutrition claims made
on packaging (Low in
Fat! High in Fibre,
Non-GMO etc.)
22 vitamins and
minerals, 13g protein,
20g whole grain, no
artificial flavours or
colours, high protein,
Meal replacement in a
bowl
No artificial flavours or
colours
Dairy farmers of
Canada quality milk

3. Nutrition and
Ingredient label
location (front, back,
bottom)
Both nutrition and
ingredient label are on
the side of the box
Both nutrition and
ingredient label are on
the side of the box
Nutrition and
ingredient label are on
opposite sides of the
box
Ingredient list:
List the first five
ingredients.
1. Rice
2. Whole grain wheat
3. Sugar
4. Roasted soybeans
5. Vegetable oil
1. Wheat flour
2. Rolled oats
3. Vegetable oil
4. Rolled oats
5. Cornmeal
1. Modified milk
ingredients
2. Milk ingredients
3. Sugar
4. Glucose
5. Peanuts
Ingredient list:
Are there allergens
mentioned?
Which ones?
Wheat, soy, oat and
barley ingredients
Wheat, oat, rye,
barley, soy
Milk, peanuts, soy
Ingredient list:
How many sources of
sugar are listed?
Sugar, brown sugar Sugar, glucose
fructose
Sugar, glucose,
Nutritional Label:
What is the suggested
serving size?
How many servings in
the package?
Per 55g serving Per 11 crackers (20g) Per ½ cup (125ml)
Nutrition label:
How many calories per
serving?
217 calories 90 calories 180 calories
Total fat (g) and %DV 2.8g 3.0g / 5% 11g / 17%
Saturated fat (g) 0.5g 0.3g 6g

4. Trans fat (g) 0g 0g 0.2g
Cholesterol (mg) 0mg 0mg 20mg
Sodium (mg) and %DV 206mg 125mg 70mg
Total Carbohydrates
(g)
44g 14g 20g
Fiber (g) and %DV 3.3g 1g / 4% 1g / 4%
Sugars (g) and %DV 11g 2g 18g
Protein (g) 5.7g 2g 2g
List the Vitamins and
Minerals:
% of Daily Value
VitaminD6%
Pantothenate (Vitamin
B5)19%
Zinc47%
Iodide27%
VitaminA14%
Niacin(VitaminB3)37%
Thiamine (Vitamin
B1)20%
Manganese42%
Calcium2%
VitaminC(Ascorbic
acid)30%
Biotin80%
Magnesium14%
Riboflavin(Vitamin
B2)15%
Iron30%
Phosphorus10%
VitaminB6
(Pyridoxine)27%
VitaminB12 (Cobalamin)
Copper25%
VitaminE
(Tocopherol)38%
VitaminA 0%
VitaminC0%
Calcium2%
Iron 6%
VitaminA 6%
VitaminC0%
Calcium4%
Iron 0%

5. 4. Answer the following questions:
1. Do you think that the serving size indicated on the food labels are realistic serving sizes?
(Does their suggested serving size equal what you would eat?) Why or why not? Comment
on all three (3) of your products.
First, for the Vector Cereal, the serving sizes on the food label were not realistic, 55 grams
of cereal seems low, mostly when you eat cereal you pour it into the bowl at a reasonable
amount that is much higher than 55 grams. The Wheat Thins have a somewhat reasonable
serving size, 11 crackers is good amount of crackers one person can have in a sitting,
although I would eat more, I find that 11 is a reasonable number for one serving. The ice
cream is a very small serving amount, ½ cup of ice cream is a very small serving size, similar
to the cereal most people have an idea at a reasonable amount of ice cream, like myself
that amount would be more than ½ cup.
2. Which one (1) product provides the best nutrition? Use the information you have collected
in the above table to explain your answer. (EXPLAIN!!!)
The Vector Cereal provides the best nutritional information by far, in the first column the
nutritional information goes into great depth with information such as polyunsaturates,
monounsaturates, and linoleic acids. Also, the vitamin and mineral column is in great depth
with over 20 different elements, lastly, the nutrition information gives 2 separate
examples, one with and one without 200ml of skimmilk.
3. What is the best part of each of your three (3) food items based on the label? (i.e. high in
vitamins, low in calories, etc.)
In the Vector Cereal the best part was the 5.7 grams of protein in 55 grams serving size. The
Wheat Thins best part based of the nutrition label is the 90 calories per 11 crackers. The ice
cream has a poor nutrition label, however, the sodium levels at 70mg per ½ cup is relatively
low for ice cream.
4. What is the worst part of each of your three (3) food items based on the label? (i.e. high in
calories, high in sodium, low in vitamins, etc.)
In the Vector Cereal the worst part of the nutrition label is the excessive carbs at 44 grams
per 55 gram serving is a lot of carbs for people that are watching their carb intake or trying
to lower it. The Wheat Thins worst part the nutrition label is the 3 grams of fat for the only
11 crackers. The ice cream worst part of the food label is the 18 grams of sugar for the only
125 millilitre serving size.

6. 5. What is the predominant ingredient in each of your three (3) products? Does this shock
you?
The predominant ingredient in Vector Cereal is rice, it kind of surprises me because I
thought whole grain was going to be the predominant ingredient when its actually the
second. The Wheat Thins predominant ingredient is wheat flour, this doesn’t shock me
because flour is typically the main ingredient in creating a food item such as crackers. The
ice cream predominant ingredient is modified milk ingredients, this doesn’t surprise me
because unhealthy dairy meals are typically made up of mostly a number of milk
ingredients.
6. For each product, are there ingredients included that you don’t recognize?
a. List up to three
Vector Cereal
- Tocopherols
- Biotin
Wheat Thins
- Fancy molasses
- Monocalcium phosphate
- Protease
Ice Cream
- Guar gum
- Polysorbate 80
- Carrageenan
b. Use the Internet and find out what they are.
Vector Cereal
- Tocopherols – An organic chemical compound, many of which have vitamin E activity
- Biotin – A vitamin also known as vitamin H
Wheat Thins
- Fancy molasses – Condensed from the pure juice of the sugar cane
- Monocalcium phosphate – A leavening acid used in conjunction with baking soda

7. - Protease – A trypsin that catalyzes proteolysis, the breakdown of proteins into smaller
peptides
Ice Cream
- Guar gum – A polysaccharide extracted from guar beans
- Polysorbate 80 – A nonionic surfactant and emulsifier
- Carrageenan – An additive used to thicken, emulsify and preserve food or drinks
7. Does looking this closely at the nutrition labels change your mind about the food item?
Why or Why not?
Looking this closely at the nutrition labels it changes my mind about the food item because
although most people look at the more predominant top ingredients you can understand,
near the bottom of the ingredient list there are unknown products I’ve never heard of.
When I don’t know ingredients in a food item most of them are typically unhealthy
chemicals or additives that may possibly stray me away in the future.
8. Now some thinking, if you were to grade a food product using A, B, C, D, and F, what would
the criteria for each level be? A F would probably be high in sugar and fat for example.
Take a look at the Nutrition labels – you will need to look at the following parts of the label
to determine their grade: Serving Size, Calories, Total Fat, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat,
Cholesterol, Sodium, Carbohydrates, Dietary Fiber, Sugar, Protein, Vitamins and Minerals,
Ingredient list, and Daily Percentage.
Level Criteria
A Kale Vegetable Salad The criteriafor the level A meal suchas thiskale
saladfollows averynatural and simple
nutritional factspage.The servingsize is85
grams and hasonly140 calories,
Total Fat 9g
SaturatedFat 1.5g 8%
TransFat 0g
Cholesterol0mg
Sodium150mg 6%
Potassium210mg 6%
Total Carbohydrates 14g 5%
DietaryFiber2g 8%

8. Sugars 10g
Protein 3g
VitaminA 15%
VitaminC60%
Calcium4%
Iron 6%
Thismeal iscarb friendly,cholesterolfree,no
artificial coloursorflavours,hashealthyfats,
and a good source of vitaminsandminerals
B Chicken Stir Fry The criteriafor the level Bmeal suchas this
chickenstirfry followsanatural and simple
nutritional factspage.The servingsize is 211
grams and hasonly 255 calories,
Total Fat 13g 20%
SaturatedFat 1.5g 8%
TransFat 0.3g
PolyunsaturatedFat7.1g
MonounsaturatedFat3.2g
Cholesterol53mg18%
Sodium644mg 27%
Potassium569mg 16%
Total Carbohydrates 12g 4%
DietaryFiber3.2g 13%
Sugars 3.8g
Protein 23g
VitaminA 14%
VitaminC159%
Calcium5.8%
Iron 10%
The meal is low insaturatedandtrans fat, high
Fibre,highprotein,andhighinvitaminsand
Minerals,however,itsalsohighincholesterol
and sodium
C Ritz Crackers The criteriafor the level Cmeal suchas these
crackers follow factorymade andunnatural
nutritional factspage.The servingsize is 16
grams and hasonly 80 calories,
Total Fat 4.5g 7%
SaturatedFat 1g 5%
TransFat 0g
Cholesterol0mg0%
Sodium105mg 4%
Total Carbohydrates 10g 3%
DietaryFiber0g 0%

9. Sugars 1g
Includes 1gAddedSugars 2%
Protein 0.5g
VitaminD0mcg 0%
Calcium20mg 2%
Iron 1mg 3%
Potassium13mg 0%
Although this snack may seemhealthier on
the nutrition facts page its actually a much
unhealthier choice, other than the many
ingredients that are unknown to most, the
simple snack is packed with sodium, fat and
carbs. It would be smarter to avoid simple
snacks like this in large amounts
D Frozen Fried Chicken Meal The criteriafor the level Dmeal suchas this
frozenmeal followsanunhealthyprocessed
facts page.The servingsize is 454 grams andhas
520 calories,
Total Fat 29g 45%
SaturatedFat 6g 30%
Cholesterol40mg13%
Sodium1670mg 70%
Total Carbohydrates 51g 17%
DietaryFiber4g 16%
Sugars 15g
Protein 18g
VitaminA 8%
VitaminC15%
Calcium10%
Iron 15%
Thismeal isa poorchoice in relationtoits
nutritionfacts, manysectionsexceedwayover
the recommendedsingle limitondaily%.High
fat,cholesterol,andsugarmake thisa D
categorymeal.
F The criteriafor the level Fmeal suchas thisIce
cream bar followsanunhealthyprocessed facts
page.The servingsize is 98 gramsand has 296
calories,
Total Fat 16g 25%
SaturatedFat 13g 65%
TransFat 0g
PolyunsaturatedFat0.4g
MonounsaturatedFat1.7g

10. Cholesterol19mgmilligrams6%
Sodium53mg 2%
Potassium150mg 4%
Total Carbohydrates 34g 11%
DietaryFiber0.2g 1%
Sugars 29g
Protein 3.4g
VitaminA 6.5%
VitaminC1.4%
Calcium8.9%
Iron 0.8%
What makesthismeal sopoor isthe abundant
amountof unhealthysubstancesinthe meal,in
onlya 98-gram servingamountthe fat,sugar,
carbs and sugar exceedthe numbersfora
similarhealthymeal.147 of the caloriescome
fromfat and isoverall a meal toavoid.
9. Now, you will assign a grade to all three of your chosen items. Be sure to explain!
Item Grade Explanation
Vector Cereal B The cereal would be assigned a B because it has a majority
of healthy and natural ingredients compared to its
unhealthy ingredients. The protein, whole grains and
vitamins and minerals make this processed cereal a healthy
option in the world of sugar cereals, it also limits fats,
sugar, and cholesterol.
Wheat Thins C The Wheat Thins would be assigned a C because of its
average health benefits slightly outweigh its poor
ingredients. The small amount of calories, cholesterol, and
sugar give it an advantage as a healthy snack, however, the
3 grams of fat, 14 grams of carbs and 125 mg of sodium
create a snack that is average in terms of healthy and
unhealthy traits.
Ice cream F The ice cream would be assigned a F because its zero
health benefits and the abundant use of processed and

11. unhealthy products. The fat, saturated fat, carbs, sugar and
cholesterol have high amounts for only a ½ cup serving
size. There are no real healthy benefits of this meal, the
ingredients and nutrition facts make this a F rated meal.