Question

How much max calories will be your intake while eating 200g specially designed food having 7% Total Fat, 25%-Total Protein, and 66% total carbohydrates?

• A. 784 calories
• B. 1034 calories
• C. 1444 calories
• D. 854 calories

Hint:

Apply Atwater's calorie factors for fat, protein and carbohydrate to each gram amount.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Using the standard Atwater conversion factors, Fat = 9 kcal/g, Protein = 4 kcal/g, Carbohydrate = 4 kcal/g, applied to a 200 g sample: Fat is 7% of 200g = 14g, giving \(14 \times 9 = 126\) kcal. Protein is 25% of 200g = 50g, giving \(50 \times 4 = 200\) kcal. Carbohydrate is 66% of 200g = 132g, giving \(132 \times 4 = 528\) kcal.
Adding these up: \(126 + 200 + 528 = 854\) calories.
That total matches option 4.