Expert: Socrates - 3/26/2004

Question
data from the label of Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt:
    serving size: 1/2 cup
    serving per container: 4
    calories: 150
    grams of fat: 3g

-If 1 gram of fat = 9 calories, what percentage of calories in Cherry Garcia comes from fat?
-nutritionists claim that no more than 20% of calories should come from fat. is this under the recommended level?

Data from labels of other Ben & Jerry's flavors:

Flavor              Calories  grms. of fat %fat
Choc. Fudge Brownie   170          3.5      ?
coffee almond fudge   180          4.0      ?
apple pie             140          2.0      ?
heath toffee crunch   170          3.5      ?
banana strawberry     150          1.0      ?

determine the percentage of fat for all the flavors and complete table above.

Answer
Flavor       Calories from fat    Percentage of total calories

Cherry Garcia     9x3=27             27/150 = .18 = 18%

Choc.FudgeBrownie 9x3.5=31.5       31.5/170 = .185 = 18.5%

CoffeeAlmond      9x4=36            36/180 = .20 = 20%

Apple Pie         9x2=18            18/140 = .13 = 13%

Heath Toffee      9x3.5=31.5       31.5/170 = .185 = 18.5%

Banana Straw.     9x1=9              9/150 = .06 = 6%