3.2.3.3 How to carry out nutritional analysis GapFill

Nutritional analysis helps to plan and  expandfreezeupgrademodify recipes, meals and  physical activitydietscarbohydrateslabels so that they reflect the  proteinschemicalsnutritional valuenutritional needs of an individual. Multiple tools, such as  kitchen scalesdietary fibresfood tablesnutrients, are useful when calculating the  nutrient profilenutrient outlinebalancenutritional needs of a food product or a meal.

Nutrient profile is the amount of various macronutrients and micronutrients in  bloodhumanscarbohydratesfood. It is important as many food products contain a mixture of various  elementsnutrientspictogramschemicals, for example milk is a mixture of water,  gheeproteinsstarchoil, fats and sugars.

Both energy and nutritional value of a meal or diet can be changed by choosing the ingredients, adjusting their  temperaturearomaamountprofile or replacing them with  alternativesfallbackcoversurrogates. The energy value can also be easily lowered by  adjusting the BMRadjusting the cooking timeadjusting the cooking temperatureadjusting the portion size.

To meet the current dietary guidelines, it may be necessary to lower the amount of  mineralsvitamin Cfatcalcium,  sulphurfibresugarcarbohydrates or salt, or to increase the amount of  monosaccharidesbaconfizzy drinksdietary fibre.