Figuring Out Food II

My food item was Simply Balanced Apricot Fruit Strips.

A protein is a macromolecule made up of many amino acids linked together with peptide bonds. Different proteins are made of different sequences of amino acids. The order of these amino acids changes the chemical composition of the protein as well as the shape, because proteins form different shapes based on the intermolecular attractions between atoms in the amino acid side chains. On a nutrition label, “Protein” refers to all of the kinds of protein in a particular food.

These fruit strips do not contain any protein, and therefore contribute 0% of the daily recommended protein for any diet. There are no ingredients that contain protein, and no calories come from protein.

Fats are lipids, and the fats in food are mostly triglycerides, which are made up of three fatty acids connected to a glycerol molecule. These fatty acids can have varying numbers of double bonds in the carbon chains, making them saturated, unsaturated, or trans fats depending on the type of bond. Saturated fats, which have no double bonds, form straight lines. Trans fats, which have a trans double bond, are bent. Unsaturated fats, which have a cis double bond, are more bent, or even curled. The shapes of these fatty acids determine how closely the triglycerides can be to one another, and therefore the number of Van Der Waals (VDW) attractions between molecules. Fats with more VDW attractions, like saturated fats, have higher melting points.

These fruit strips also do not contain any fat, and therefore contribute 0% of the daily recommended fat for any diet. There are no ingredients that contain fat, and no calories come from fat.