How to Evaluate a food product
How to Evaluate a food product
Explore Food is a simple nutritional analysis tool. It can be used to calculate the nutrient content of a recipe or a diet. It can also be used to investigate ingredients that are high or low in specific nutrients.
1. Go to Explore Food http://explorefood.foodafactoflife.org.uk/
2. Click on 'Calculate a recipe' and analyse the recipe of your choice (don't forget to type in the quantities).
3. Click view summary.
What is the total energy provided by the recipe?
How much vitamin C is provided by the recipe?
What other nutrients is your recipe high in?
How could you make it healthier?