- Sunny D: "Tangy Original"
Calories: 90
Sodium: 230mg (10% of the Daily Value)
Total Carb: 22g
Sugars: 19g (4.5 teaspoons)
Ingredients: Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and 2% or less of each of the following: concentrated juices (orange, tangerine, apple, lime, grapefruit), citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitmain C), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin B1), natural flavors, modified cornstarch, canola oil, sodium citrate, cellulose gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, neotame, sodium hexametaphosphate, potassium sorbate and potassium benzoate to protect flavor, yellow #5, yellow #6
- Lunchables "Bologna American Cracker Stackers"
Calories: 390
Total Fat: 22g (34% of Daily Value)
Saturated Fat: 9g (45% of Daily Value)
Trans Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 60mg (20% of Daily Value)
Sodium: 900mg (38% of Daily Value)
Total Carbs 33g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 11g (2.6 teaspoons)
Protein: 14g
Ingredients: Bologna Made with Chicken & Pork - Mechanically separated chicken, water, pork, corn syrup, modified food starch, contains less than 2% of salt, potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, flavor, sodium nitrite, extractives of paprika, potassium phosphate, sugar, potassium chloride. Pasteurized Prepared American Cheese Product - Milk, whey, milk protein concentrate, milkfat, sodium citrate, contains less than 2% of salt, lactic acid, sorbic acid as a preservative oleoresin paprika (color), annatto (color), enzymes, cheese culture, with starch added for slice separation. Chocolate Chip Cookie - Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), folic acid), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin - an emulsifier), sugar, soybean oil, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, high fructose corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, ammonium phosphate), salt, whey (from milk), natural and artificial flavor, caramel color. Crackers - Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamon mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), folic acid), whole grain wheat flour, soybean oil, sugar, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, salt, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phsophate), whey (from milk), soy lecithin, natural flavor
The sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat in this one is absolutely outrageous. And notice how the ingredients calls the cheese a "cheese product"? It's not called "cheese" or a "cheese food" because the ingredients are so awful that it's legally not allowed to be called that. The only nice thing I can say about this product is that it doesn't contain artificial colors.
- Austin Vanilla Cremes
Calories: 250
Total Fat: 11g (17% of Daily Value)
Saturated Fat: 3.5g (18% of Daily Value)
Sodium: 125mg (5% of Daily Value)
Total Carbs: 37g
Dietary Fiber: Less than 1g
Sugars: 16g (3.8 teaspoons)
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamon mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), folic acid), sugar, vegetable oil (soybean, palm, and palm kernel oil with TBHQ for freshness), high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, degerminated yellow corn flour, contains two percent or less of salt, baking soda, soy lecithin, vanilla extract, annatto color.
- Natural Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Granola Bar Peanut flavor
Calories: 170g
Total Fat: 9g (14% of Daily Value)
Saturated Fat: 2.5g (13% of Daily Value)
Sodium: 130mg (6% of Daily Value)
Total Carbs: 19g
Dietary Fiber: 3g
Sugars: 11g (2.6 teaspoons)
Ingredients: Roasted peanuts, high maltose corn syrup, sugar, whole grain oats, high fructose corn syrup, palm kernel oil, rice flour, whole grain wheat, fructose, peanut butter (peanuts, salt), canola oil, nonfat milk, maltodextrin, salt, whey, reduced minerals whey, soy lecithin, malt extract, almonds, color (yellows 5 & 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake and other color added), natural flavor, baking soda, malt, honey, mixed tocopherols added to retain freshness.
Good lord, look at how many different kinds of sugars are added to this one! And all of the artificial colors. With some palm kernel oil to boot. The only silver lining is that the kid didn't eat this. I'm going to throw it away.
Nutrition* of the lunch as packed:
Calories: 900
Total Fat: 41g (63% of Daily Value)
Saturated Fat: 15g (75% of Daily Value)
Trans Fat: 1g
Sodium: 1385mg (57.7% of Daily Value)
Sugars: 57g (13.6 teaspoons)
*I am using the word "nutrition" very loosely here.
Nutrition of the lunch as eaten:
Calories: 730
Total Fat: 33g (51% of Daily Value)
Saturated Fat: 12.5g (62.5% of Daily Value)
Trans Fat: 1g (Too much, no amount is safe)
Sodium: 1255mg (52.3% of Daily Value)
Sugars: 46g (11 teaspoons)
For the sugars, a maximum of 10 teaspoons of added sugars is recommended by nutrition experts. Labels tell only total sugars, not added sugars. Still the amounts of sugar here in one meal is way more than it should be, even considering that some of the sugars accounted for here come from milk and grains and not added sugars.
UPDATE: From the Mayo Clinic, for girls ages 4-8:
Calories: 1,200 to 1,800, depending on growth and activity level
Protein: 10 to 30% of daily calories (30 to 90 grams for 1,200 daily calories)
Carbohydrates: 45 to 65% of daily calories (135 to 195 grams for 1,200 daily calories)
Total fat: 25 to 35% of daily calories (33 to 47 grams for 1,200 daily calories or 50 to 70 grams for 1,800 daily calories)
Sodium: 1,200 milligrams a day
Fiber: 25 grams a day
Calcium: 800 milligrams a day
Girls ages 9-13 require 1600-2200 calories per day, based on growth and activity. So let's assume our 8 year old needs 1600 calories. In this lunch, she ate:
- Nearly HALF (46%) the calories needed for the day
- 33g of fat, out of 44g - 62g allowed per day
- MORE than a day's worth of sodium
- Precious little fiber (She ate less than 3g, but would have gotten somewhere between 5-6g had she eaten her whole lunch.)
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