Question 3
NECO
•
2025
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BIOLOGY
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essay
The diagram shows the nutrition information panel of a ready‑to‑eat cereal bar (NutriBar) per 50 g serving.
Question Parts
(
a
)
Calculate the percentage of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for an adult (based on a 2000 kcal diet) that a single serving provides for each of the following nutrients: Energy (kcal), Protein, Carbohydrate, Sugars, Fat, Saturated Fat, Dietary Fibre and Sodium. Use the RDI values: Energy = 2000 kcal, Protein = 50 g, Carbohydrate = 300 g, Sugars = 90 g, Fat = 70 g, Saturated Fat = 20 g, Fibre = 30 g, Sodium = 2000 mg.
(
b
)
From the percentages obtained in part (a), identify which nutrient(s) exceed 20 % of the RDI and discuss the possible health implications of regularly consuming this cereal bar as a snack.
(
c
)
The manufacturer wishes to reformulate the bar so that its sugar content is less than 10 % of the RDI while keeping the total carbohydrate content unchanged at 30 g per serving. Determine the maximum amount of sugars (in grams) allowed per serving and the amount of non‑sugar carbohydrate that must be present.
(
d
)
Suggest two realistic ingredient modifications that could achieve the sugar reduction identified in part (c) without significantly affecting the protein content, and briefly explain how each modification would work.
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