Find a protein supplement, for example, CytoSport Muscle Milk Chocolate Protein Supplement Powder sold by Walgreens. You may have a protein supplement at home, or you can find one on the web, by going to a store, or a friend or colleague; the source of the supplement is not important. Pick one you want to learn about but do not use a supplement someone else has used.
Locate the list of ingredients and nutrition label on the package. You will need this for your discussion post.
In the Discussion:
List the ingredients and tell the class the functional/physical property of each ingredient. In other words, what that ingredient contributes to the product. You can ask yourself, why did the manufacturer add this ingredient? What does it contribute to the product (functional property)? Don’t confuse functional property with nutritional/health property. For example, one of the ingredients in Cystospore Muscle Milk Chocolate Protein Supplement Powder is fructooligosaccharides. This contributes sweetness to the product. There are several resources you can use to find the function of the ingredients.
