Food and Nutrition Project · Food and Human Nutrition

A food and nutrition project

A food and nutrition project is a practical investigation or production activity. Examples: preparing and selling a balanced meal for the school, making fruit juice or bread for sale, running a kitchen garden, or assessing the nutritional status of children in a village.

Costing a dish

Include fuel and other costs. Decide the profit margin, for example 25%.

Worked exampleCosting mandazi

The ingredients for 40 mandazi cost TSh 8 000 and the fuel costs TSh 1 000. Find the cost of one and the selling price with 25% profit.

Total cost.
Cost of one.
Add 25%.

Answer: Cost TSh 225 each; selling price about TSh 280.

The ingredients are the largest part of the cost; the profit is the rest of the selling price.

Try itPrice a product

Choose the total cost, the number of servings and the profit margin.

The report should include the title, objectives, plan and budget, procedure, results (photographs, costs, tasting scores), evaluation, conclusion and recommendations.

Check yourself Cost per serving is found by

Check yourself Which comes first in a project?

Check yourself If the cost per serving is TSh 400 and the profit margin is 25%, the price is

Key terms

Project: A planned practical activity with a goal.
Budget: A plan for spending money.
Evaluation: Judging how well something worked.
Profit margin: The extra added on to cost to make a profit.

Summary

A project has a need, a plan, an action and an evaluation.
Cost per serving = total cost ÷ servings.
Selling price = cost × (1 + margin).
Report your results honestly.