Dietary Analysis
Assignment
Date Assigned: Monday, November 25, 2013
Date Due: Monday, December 2, 2013 by 5 pm to schoolloop
Point Value: 100 points (Lab Grade!)
Assignment:
I. Write one paragraph (8-10 sentences) on what determines the food choices in your
household. Be as specific as possible [10]
II. Using the food labels below, answer the following questions. [30]
a. Determine the role of corn in the production of Pop Tarts. Specifically, which ingredients
would contain corn or corn derivatives. [15]
b. Determine the chemical elements in the Pop Tart. [10]
c. Base on your knowledge, is Pop Tart a environmentally friendly or environmentally
unfriendly food? Why or why not? [5]
III. Dietary Analysis [20]
a. Determine from how many different animal species your diet is derived from. Make a
chart by serving. [10]
Example:
Animal Species
#of servings (each
time you eat it, it is
one serving)
Chicken
5
Pork
8
b. Determine from how many different plant (including fruit) species your diet is derived
from. Make a chart by serving. [10]
Example:
Plant
Apple
Bananas
#of servings (each
time you eat it, it is
one serving)
5
8
IV.FarmTable (40)
Choose a main meal (use a minimum of four items) and indicate the path(s) in which the food
items took to get to you and indicate where fossil fuels were used. Use of color is required.
For example:
Strawberries
(16 oz.) grown
at Driscoll
Farms, Salinas
Fossil fuels are used
to run trucks who
transport strawberries
to store.
Lucky’s
1.
Fossil fuels are:
 Used in the
spreading of
seeds.
 Used to
produce
herbicide
used on
strawberry
plant.
 Used to run
sprinklers.
 Used to
produced
plastic
containers.
Fossil fuel is to run
the vehicle that
takes you to and
from store.
You (the
Consumer)
Fossil fuels are used to
run storage units in the
store including lighting
and refrigeration.
Fossil fuel is used to run the
refrigerator that stores the
strawberries.