How much of a vitamin is in a particular food?
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Get Help Now!Nutrition Labels: Focus on Vitamins and Minerals
How much of a vitamin is in a particular food? Nutrition labels are required to provide a %DV for vitamin A, vitamin C, iron and calcium but not the actual amount. Because UL limits are based the amount of a particular vitamin it is useful to be able to determine this value based on a nutrition label.
To determine the amount of vitamin A and vitamin C in the Bear Creek soup, first find the % Daily Value on the food label. Second mutliply the % Daily value by the Daily Value (Use Appendix C to determine the daily value of each of the vitamins) to find out how much is in each serving. (1000 mcg = 1mg)
Vitamin
% Daily Value
Daily Value
Amt per serving.
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Using the formula above determine the amount of all of the different vitamins in the eggo waffles:
Vitamin
% Daily Value
Daily Value
Amt per serving.
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Thiamin
Niacin
Folic Acid
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B6
Riboflavin
Review the nutrition labels. Complete the table below by identifying which product(s) have a good source of or are high in a particular vitamin.
Product
Good Source of:
High in:
Review the Nutrition facts panel for each of the five products and complete the table below:
Is the product considered to be:
Product
Sodium (mg/serving)
Sodium free
Low Sodium
High Sodium
For the five products on the front page, review the ingredients list and for each product write down all of the sources of sodium.
Product
Sources of sodium
Review the nutrition labels. Complete the table below by identifying which product(s) have a good source of or are high in a particular mineral (other than sodium).
Product
Good Source of:
High in:
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