WHAT'S IN OUR FOOD?
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 447.
Chemicals aren't just used to grow produce. They are also used to keep foods fresh, give them color, or change the taste. ‘Natural food', including organic food, is food that doesn't have any chemicals or other artificial ingredients.
Look quickly at the two soup can labels.
Which soup is natural? _____________________________________________
Which soup has artificial ingredients? _________________________________
Read the labels more carefully. Then work is a small group to answer the questions that follow:
| Label 1: Gordon's Soup | Label 2: Healthy Country Soup |
| Nutrition Facts Serving size 2 cup (120 ml) Servings per container 2.5 | Nutrition Facts Serving size 1 cup (240 ml) Servings per container 2 |
| Amount per serving: Calories80 calories from Fat 20 | Amount per serving: Calories80 calories from Fat 0 |
| % Daily Value | % Daily Value |
| Total Fat2g 3% Saturared fat 1g 5% Cholesterol10mg 3% Sodium810mg 34% Total Carbohydrate10g 3% Dietary Fiber 2g 8% Sugars 2g Protein5g | Total Fat0g 0% Saturared fat 0g 0% Cholesterol0mg 0% Sodium250mg 10% Total Carbohydrate17g 6% Dietary Fiber 4g 16% Sugars 8g Protein6g |
| Vitamin A 40% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 2% Iron 4% | Vitamin A 200% Vitamin C 25% Calcium 4% Iron 10% |
| Ingredients: potatoes, carrots, water, green beans, peas, salt, onions, celery, tomato paste, vegetable oil, monosodium glutamate, caramel color, and sugar. | Ingredients: water, organic carrots, organic tomatoes, organic celery, organic potatoes, organic peas, organic green beans, tomato paste, small white beans, honey, organic lima beans, organic onions, organic broccoli, organic cabbage, organic cauliflower, organic spinach, sea salt, organic green peppers, garlic, lemon juice, pepper, parsley, nutmeg, bay leaves, sage, basil, oregano. |
1. Which can have more soup?
2. Which soup has more fat per serving?
3. Which soup has more sodium (salt) per serving?
4. Which soup has more protein per serving?
5. Which soup has more vitamins and minerals (calcium, iron) per serving?
6. Which vegetables are in both?
7. What vegetables, if any, are in the Health Country soup but not in the Gordon's soup?
8. What vegetables, if any, are in the Gordon's soup but not in the Health Country soup?
9. What differences is there between the vegetables in the Gordon's soup and the vegetables in the Health Country soup?
10. Spices are natural ingredients added to foods to make them taste better and more interesting. What spices do you recognize on these labels? What soup has these spices?
11. What other ingredients do you see on the Gordon's soup label? Why do you think these ingredients are added to the soup?
12. Which soup do you think is better for you? Why?
7.Linking the two readings
You own a small restaurant. Many customers are asking for soup, so you want to add a homemade vegetable soup to your menu. But you have two vegetable soup recipes. One is for a soup that is like Gordon's soup. The other uses lots organic vegetables, like Healthy Country's soup. Which recipe should you use?
In a small group, think about and discuss the following things and then make your decision:
· Price: Which soup will cost less for you (and your customers), the natural soup or the other soup?
· Taste: Which soup will customers like better?
· Customer concerns and likes: These days, what worries about food do many people have? What kinds of produce are more and more people buying?
· Availability of the produce: Will you be able to find the vegetables you need all year long?
· Time: How long will these soups take to make?
Which recipe will your restaurant use?
Discuss your decision and your reasons for it with the class.
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