Project: Application of Linear Programming in the Health Industry
Estimating Food Nutrient Values
Option I, Project Data
Models and Methods of Optimization, Fall 1999
Data for the MorningStar Veggie Burger/Green
Giant Harvest Burger
- Ingredient List: Vegetables (mushrooms, water chestuts, onions,
carrots, green and red bell peppers, black olives), textured
vegetable protein (soy protein isolate, wheat germ),
egg whites, cooked brown rice, rolled oats, corn oil,
calcium caseinate, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat).
- Nutritional Information for the MorningStar Farms Veggie
Burger/Green Giant
Harvest Burger, Original Flavor, All Vegetable Protein Patties
and its separate ingredients
can be found on the
USDA Nutrient Database.
The veggie burger is listed under the Green Giant name.
For red and green bell peppers, use the data for "sweet peppers"
in the database. Black olives will be found by searching with
the word "olive" and choosing
ripe, canned (small-extra large). Finally calcium casseinate does not appear
in the database, so we will assume that it has no substantial impact
on any nutrient except for calcium. So assume 1g of calcium casseinate
equals 1 gr calcium and adds no calories, carbohydrates, etc.
- Isoflavone Information: The Isoflavone content of the
separate ingredients of the Green Giant Harvest Burger can be found
on the Data table at
USDA - Iowa State University Database on the Isoflavone Content of Foods
. If an ingredient does not appear on this database, we will assume
it has 0 grams of isoflavone.