Question

	Calories	Fat (g)	Saturdated Fat (g)	Trans Fat (g)	Sodium (g)	Total Carbs (g)	Dietary Fiber (g)	Sugars (g)	Protein (g)
Chick-fil-A Sauce	140	13	2	0	170	6	0	6	0
Garlic & Herb Ranch Sauce	140	14	2.5	0	230	1	0	1	0
Honey Mustard Sauce	45	0	0	0	150	11	0	10	0
Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce	60	5	1	0	70	2	0	2	0
Polynesian Sauce	110	6	1	0	210	13	0	13	0
Smokehouse Barbeque Sauce	35	0	0	0	260	8	0	8	0
Sweet & Spicy Sriracha Sauce	45	0	0	0	380	10	0	10	0
Zesty Buffalo Sauce	50	4.5	1	0	710	1	0	0	0
Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing	310	32	5	0	520	3	0	2	1
Chili Lime Vinaigrette Dressing	60	0	0	0	390	9	1	7	0
Creamy Salsa Dressing	290	31	4.5	0	640	3	0	1	1
Fat Free Honey Mustard Dressing	90	0	0	0	330	22	1	20	0
Garlic & Herb Ranch Dressing	280	29	5	0	460	2	0	1	1
Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing	80	4	0.5	0	360	10	0	9	0
Light Italian Dressing	25	1.5	0	0	470	3	0	2	0
Zesty Apple Cider Vinaigrette	230	19	3	0	460	16	0	15	0

What is the most noticeable findings and observations of this data set? What sticks out?

Answer 1

The most notiecable observation is the difference in nutritional value between the sauces and dressings. To analyze this more closely first we divide the data into two groups

• sauces
• dressings

Next, we calculate the averages of the following categories

• calories
• fat
• saturated fat
• sodium
• total carbs
• sugars

for each of the two groups (sauces and dressings).

We present the data in bar graphs

We can see that the dressings have higher values in each category. Not surprising, since a dressing is known to be a less healthy choice than a sauce.

We also note that the Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing is the sauce/dressing with the most calories, fat and saturated fat as we can see in the following graphs.

Another observation is that the dressings labled as "light" or "fat free" are low in calories but high in sodium as shown in the following two graphs

We finally observe that the sauces and dressings as a whole are very low in trans fats, dietary fiber and protein.