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Food Labels, part 2
Science Communication, Group N |
Activity 7b |
Food labels as science communication tool |
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Assignment - Best brand
- As a group make a table showing the different brands of 'your product'.
- Under each brand
- List all the ingredients in the sequence they are listed on the label.
- List all the ingredients you don't know/understand.
- Work out the price per 100g.
- Finally as a group decide which of the brands you would recommend as the healthiest choice.
One group member to blog the recommendation giving the reason why you think it is the healthiest choice.
- Is that choice price related?
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Assignment - Ingredients listed on food labels
- Choose one ingredient from your list, preferably an additive or preservative or one of the ingredients you did not know. Record your choosen ingredient on the list - if somebody else has already selected that specific ingredient, choose another one. List of ingredients
- Do some research about this ingredient and complete the Word template for it. You should have
- a photo of the ingredient
- The name
- its chemical formula
- why it is used in food products
- why the human body needs it
- any allergies of side effects associate with it
Note: Create a Worddocument named "yoursurname_references" to keep a record of your food label assignment and also record the URL's of the web sites where you found images and the information. |
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Example
- The ingredients on 'my' label are:
Fresh chillies, natural fermented spirit vinegar, pure sunflower oil, garlic,
fresh lemon juice, fresh herbs, salt (1.2%), black pepper, mustard, xantham gum (E415), natural lactic acid (E270).
- What is:
- xantham gum (E415)?
According to food-info.net it is "A natural polysaccharide, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris from sugar and molasses." It is used as a as a thickener and emulsifier (ingredientwizard.com).
- natural lactic acid (E270)?
According to www.lactic-acid.com it is "the acid ingredient of sour dairy products, fermented fruits and vegetables and sausages". Mary Spilva says: "As a food additive it increases the antioxidant properties of other substances and can be used to add a bitter taste." (http://www.spilva.com/additives/e270.htm)
- And more ...
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Assignment- Ingredients listed on food labels
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References & Resources
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