Nutritional analysis
Food - a fact of life provides Explore Food, a free user-friendly online nutritional analysis tool for secondary school pupils.
Explore food has been designed to be easy to use, guiding pupils through the analysis of a recipe or a day’s diet. It provides data for the pupil to analyse and draw conclusions away from their PC or tablet, further supporting their studies.
To access Explore food, click here.
To find out more about using nutritional analysis in a meaningful way, why not watch a video recording of a webinar with Ewen Trafford? The presentation slides with links to resources are also available.
Below is a series of worksheets: Recipes, Diet and Case studies.
Nutritional analysis presentation
Nutritional analysis - why and how presentation
A presentation looking at how and why we carry out nutritional analysis.
Recipe worksheets
To support pupils using Explore Food to analyse recipes we have created the following worksheets:
Using Explore Food
A worksheet explaining how to use nutrition analysis (Explore Food).
Allergen labelling
A worksheet focusing on allergen labelling.
Comparing the label
A worksheet exploring food labelling.
Creating a food label
A worksheet about using Explore Food to create a front of pack nutrition label.
DRV's challenge
A worksheet exploring DRVs and meeting recommendations.
Food labelling information
An information sheet about food labels.
Food labelling (supplement)
An additional worksheet about food labelling.
Food labels
A worksheet about food labels.
High, medium or low?
A worksheet exploring traffic light labelling on food products.
Investigating portion sizes
A worksheet looking at different food portion sizes and nutrition,
Modifying a recipe
A worksheet focusing on modifying a recipe for health.
My recipe
A template worksheet to record a recipe for nutritional analysis.
Nutrition labels
A worksheet exploring and creating nutrition labels.
Recipe modification
A worksheet setting different recipe modification challenges.
Diet worksheets
To support pupils using Explore Food to analyse diets we have created the following worksheets:
Portion sizes
A guide listing portion sizes for a range of food and drinks.
Diet diary analysis
A worksheet around the analysis of a diet.
Diet dairy
A worksheet to record the diet over a day.
My diet
A worksheet posing questions on a diet diary for a day.
Case studies
To support pupils using Explore Food, the following case studies have been devised:
Case study guide
A guide about using the case studies with Explore Food.
Case study 1
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 2
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 3
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 4
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 5
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 6
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 7
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 8
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 9
A case study to review using Explore Food.
Case study 10
A case study to review using Explore Food.
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