Assignment 604 Task A
Assignment 604 Introduction to healthier food and Special diets.
Task A- Healthier dish
Traditional dish: Burger and chips with coke. Vs. Healthier dish: Vegetarian burger with homemade chips and fruit smoothie.
Traditional Dish
Healthier Dish
Beef burger
Vegetarian burger
Fried chips
Homemade oven cooked chips
Coke
Fruit smoothie
To make the dish healthier I would also-
Vegetarian burger
Cook the burger under the grill instead of cooking it in oil; this reduces the extra fat content.
Homemade oven cooked chips
Using homemade chips that oven cooked is much healthier than deep fat frying chips as the oil used is full of saturated fat and can lead to health problems such as obesity, heart problems, only if eaten regularly.
Coke
Coke is high in sugar which can cause health problems such as weight gain. Even diet coke contains aspartame which is a sugar substitute, the e-numbers in the coke will cause children to become hyper. Replacing coke with a fruit smoothie will benefit your diet lots as it’s full of vitamins and very low in calories as are all of the healthier options.
Which nutritional guideline is being met? –
Your GDA is being met as the calorie intake is considerably lower than if you had the ‘traditional’ burger and chips with a coke. The recommended daily allowance for a man is around 2500 calories for a woman its 2,000 calories, an example of how many calories are in a burger, fries, and a coke from burger king is around 1000 calories for a small portion.
Sources used to find current nutritional guidelines:
Information on calories- http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1126.aspx?categoryid=51&subcategoryid=165 Burger king info http://www.bk.com/en/us/menu-nutrition/index.html Info on coke http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/health/gda-what-coca-cola-labels-tell-you.html The restaurant will benefit from the new healthy dishes because
The restaurant will benefit from using healthy dishes because people that are health conscious
Task A- Healthier dish
Traditional dish: Burger and chips with coke. Vs. Healthier dish: Vegetarian burger with homemade chips and fruit smoothie.
Traditional Dish
Healthier Dish
Beef burger
Vegetarian burger
Fried chips
Homemade oven cooked chips
Coke
Fruit smoothie
To make the dish healthier I would also-
Vegetarian burger
Cook the burger under the grill instead of cooking it in oil; this reduces the extra fat content.
Homemade oven cooked chips
Using homemade chips that oven cooked is much healthier than deep fat frying chips as the oil used is full of saturated fat and can lead to health problems such as obesity, heart problems, only if eaten regularly.
Coke
Coke is high in sugar which can cause health problems such as weight gain. Even diet coke contains aspartame which is a sugar substitute, the e-numbers in the coke will cause children to become hyper. Replacing coke with a fruit smoothie will benefit your diet lots as it’s full of vitamins and very low in calories as are all of the healthier options.
Which nutritional guideline is being met? –
Your GDA is being met as the calorie intake is considerably lower than if you had the ‘traditional’ burger and chips with a coke. The recommended daily allowance for a man is around 2500 calories for a woman its 2,000 calories, an example of how many calories are in a burger, fries, and a coke from burger king is around 1000 calories for a small portion.
Sources used to find current nutritional guidelines:
Information on calories- http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1126.aspx?categoryid=51&subcategoryid=165 Burger king info http://www.bk.com/en/us/menu-nutrition/index.html Info on coke http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/health/gda-what-coca-cola-labels-tell-you.html The restaurant will benefit from the new healthy dishes because
The restaurant will benefit from using healthy dishes because people that are health conscious