Question & Answer: Looking at the class results, can you make any generalizations? For example, do potato chips…..

Looking at the class results, can you make any generalizations? For example, do potato chips have more or less fat than tortilla chips? If your class analyzed any “low-fat” or “no-fat” products, do the results support this claim? If not, suggest a reasonable explanation. Potatoes are naturally low in fat, so where does the fat in potato chips come from? How are low-fat chips different? A snack pack of potato chips or other kinds of chips hold have 1 ounce (28 grams) of chips. Based on your data, how much fat is present in a snack pack? In such a bag of chips, there are about on you 15 grams of carbohydrate and about 1 gram of protein. Given that carbohydrates and protein provide about 4 Calories of energy per gram and fats provide about 9 Calories per gram, what is the total energy equivalent (in Calories) of a 1-ounce bag of chips? What percent of the Calories are from the fat? Show your calculations.