assignment

 

 

2. Review the poster on food labelling (‘Food labels – What do they mean’) by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) at www.foodstandards.gov.au. Search under the ‘Food matters’ heading and then under ‘Food labelling’.

 The poster of food labelling is well presented and has a lot on it to show you what you need to put on labels and where they are located. It also has nutritional requirements that vary depending on age and sex or level of physical activity. It clearly shows the expiry date on it and the has the nutrition values very clear

3. List the other information that must be included on a product label.

v Name and description of the food

v Identification of the ‘lot’ number (Food Recall information)

v Name and Australian street address of the supplier of food

v (Food Recall Information)

v List of ingredients

v Date mark

v Nutrition information panel (NIP)

v Country of origin of the food

v Warning and advisory statements

4. Why is it important for the consumer to have all this information?

It is important for the consumer to have all the food labels as it tells us which nutrient, in what amounts are in a product. It can also warm them if a food contains food allergens. It also informs them if the food is fresh or out of date. It also explain how to store prepare and cook the food they buy it also listed the product ingredients and gives the consumer information on where the food was produced and by which company. This is all important for the consumer to have as of you have a problem with the food you buy you will be able to take it back.

Activity 3.

Compare the information below on a home-made blueberry muffin with a ready-to-eat blueberry muffin from the supermarket.

Home-made blueberry muffin	Ready-to-eat blueberry muffin
Serving size: 80 g	Serving size: 120 g
Ingredients: wholemeal flour, milk, monounsaturated margarine, blueberries, sugar, eggs	Ingredients: flour, sugar, honey, butter, blueberries, water, egg, colouring, salt, preservative (200)

Determine which product is healthier and justify your choice. Support your response by referring to the serving size and ingredient information.

The product which is healthier is the homemade blueberry muffin because the ready to eat blueberry muffins have in them flour, sugar, honey, butter, blueberries, water egg, colouring, salt and preservative(200) while the home made blueberry muffin have wholemeal flour, milk, monounsaturated margarine, blueberries sugar and eggs. The ready to eat muffins don’t say what type of flour it has and has added honey and butter it also has colouring. The homemade ones don’t have colouring preservatives or butter and honey. So I believe that the healthier product is the home made blueberry muffins

Activity 4.

Issue: Product labels are designed to provide nutritional information to consumers through the nutrition information panel and the ingredient list. However, health messages included on packaging have the potential to confuse the consumer in making healthy choices.

Part A: Investigate, analyse and justify

1. Investigate the nutritional information and health messages found on two popular snack foods packaged products available in the supermarket.

The two foods are pikelets and cruskits

2. Collate the information found on the label of each product label.

 

3. Investigate the health advantages and disadvantages of the main ingredients found in these products.

         A health advantages in cruskits are that they have very little fat and sugar but the disadvantages are that they has a lot of salt, the health advantages of pikelets are that they have very little fat

4. Analyse this information to determine which product is healthier.

The food that is healthier is the pikelets as they are low in fat and energy as well as sodium 

5. Determine which food product is healthier and justify your choice in 150–200 words. Use evidence from your investigation and analysis to support your arguments.

the the food that is healthier is the pikelets as they only have 54 cal, 1.4g of fat, 8.6 carbs, 0.4 g sugar while pikelets 246k j, 1.2 g of fat, 10.1 carbs and 2.g of sugar. sugar is what makes you unhealthy. if you where to compare then per 100 g it would be cruskits at 1800k j, 10.3 protein, 11.3g fat, 69.1g carbs, and 3.3g sugar while pikelets are 985k j, 5.6g protein, 4.9g fat, 40.5g carbs, 10.2g sugar . so the healthier food is the pikelets 

Read the following article

1.   
1. Identify the health concern associated with using food colours in processed food products.

The health concerns that are associated with using food colours in processed food products is that children can become very hyperactive.

2.    Transcribe the evidence that suggests the levels of food colour added to food in Australia are safe.

The evidence that suggests the levels of the food colour added to food in Australia are safe because they did multiple test and all the results have come up weak. ‘We examined the findings closely and we found very weak evidence of a link,’ said spokeswoman Lydia Buchtmann

3.    List the food products commonly eaten by children that are most likely to contain the colours mentioned in the article.

E11 is in fruit drinks, e102 in carbonated drinks and lollies,

4.    The article refers to high levels of food colours being used in the UK. How would a consumer find the country of origin when purchasing food?

the consumer would find the country of origin when purchasing food by looking at the label under the ingredients and it will tell you what country it is from

5.    Some confectionary foods manufactured in Australia (eg Smarties) have recently changed in colour. Discuss the visual appeal of the new products and whether you think that this change will affect their overall popularity with children.

The new smarties do affect their overall popularity with children as they are more colourful and have little images of cartoons on them. This can affect it popularity, as a child would want to eat something with colour and cartoons