Course:FNH200/Assignments/2023/Smuckers Strawberry Jam vs. Smuckers Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves

Very briefly introduce your products here.

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Briefly introduce your food products (Optional)

Select a food available in Canada and one of its 'low fat', 'zero sugar', etc. alternative. Your options are unlimited: ice cream, cookies, beverage, and of course the wide and wild range of flavours, too. The two products that you are comparing should be similar, with one of them an alternative version of the other.

Post pictures (Mandatory)

Include photos of the two products of your choice, clearly showing the ingredient lists and the overall labels - mandatory, if you don't show it, the TA's can't mark the rest.

Instructions on how to add photos and images to UBC Wiki can be found here: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Help:Adding_Media/Images_and_Pictures

Images from Wikimedia Commons can be embedded easily.

Ingredient lists (4 points)

1. Type out the lists of ingredients
2. Identify fat substitutes, sugar substitutes, and/or additives used, if there is any
3. Explain the roles of fat substitutes, sugar substitutes, and/or additives used in terms of the functional properties they contribute to the product
4. Compare and contrast the lists of the two products and explain differences

Labels (1 points)

1. Provide detailed description of the information found on the labels
2. Indicate whether the information complies with the regulatory requirements as outlined in Lesson 04.

Personal Choice (5 points)

Please submit your individual component of this assignment on Canvas to protect your privacy and your personal opinion

References

Please use the Wikipedia reference style. Provide a citation for every sentence, statement, thought, or bit of data not your own, giving the author, year, AND page.

Note: Before writing your wiki article on the UBC Wiki, it may be helpful to review the tips in Wikipedia: Writing better articles.

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