Question

A sample of a food label is shown below.

Example: Cereal Box
Calories per serving - 167
Total fat - 3 grams
Total saturated fat - 1 gram
Cholesterol - 0mg
Sodium - 250mg
Total carbs - 32 grams
Dietary fiber - 4 grams
Sugars - 11 grams
Protein - 3 grams
Servings per container 5

(a) Is the Calories per serving correctly written? Show your calculation.
(b) Calculate the percent from carbohydrates per serving.
(c) Calculate the Calories if you eat one box of the cereal.​

Answer 1

A) It's correctly written

B) 77%

C) 835 calories

Step-by-step explanation:

A) From online sources, we have number of calories as follows;

Fats: 9 calories per gram

Protein; 4 calories per gram

Carbs; 4 calories per gram

Total calories for each;

Total fat = 3 × 9 = 27 calories

Total protein = 3 × 4 = 12 calories

Total carbs = 32 × 4 = 128 calories

(sugar and dietary Fibre are classified as carbohydrates and so total carbs takes care of their calories).

Thus, total number of calories per serving = 27 + 12 + 128 = 167 calories per serving which is same as what is given.

B) percent from carbohydrates per serving = total calories from carbs/total number of calories per serving × 100% = 128/167 × 100% ≈ 77%

C) One box contains 5 servings. Thus total number of calories per box = 167 × 5 = 835 calories