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As a Software Engineer in a Health and Leisure company, your task is to add a new feature to the app: a calorie and nutrition calculator. This tool will calculate and display total calories, sugars, fats, and other nutritional values for different foods based on user input.

You have been provided with the nutrition.json dataset, which contains the necessary nutritional information for various foods. Each value in the dataset is per 100 grams of the food item. The dataset has already been read and loaded for you as the dictionary nutrition_dict.

Dataset Summary

nutrition.json

ColumnDescription
foodThe name of the food.
caloriesThe amount of energy provided by the food, measured in kilocalories (kcal) per 100 grams.
total_fatThe total fat content in grams per 100 grams.
proteinThe protein content in grams per 100 grams.
carbohydrateThe total carbohydrate content in grams per 100 grams.
sugarsThe amount of sugars in grams per 100 grams.

Let's Get Started!

This project is a great opportunity to build a real-world feature from scratch, showcasing your development skills and making a meaningful impact on users' health and wellness.

import json  # Import the json module to work with JSON files

# Open the nutrition.json file in read mode and load its content into a dictionary
with open('nutrition.json', 'r') as json_file:
    nutrition_dict = json.load(json_file)  # Load the JSON content into a dictionary
    
# Display the first 3 items of the nutrition dictionary
list(nutrition_dict.items())[:3]
# Start coding here!
# Use as many cells as you need.
def nutritional_summary(input_dict):
    """
    This function will return the nutrional value for a given amount of food, in grams, if that food is in the nutritional_dict.

    :param input_dict: A dictionary with the name of the food in string form as key and the grams of the food as the value

    :return summary: A dictonary returning the total nutritional of the foods in the input_dict considering the quantities entered in grams.
    """
    summary = {'calories':0,'total_fat':0,'protein':0,'carbohydrate':0, 'sugars':0}
    for food, grams in input_dict.items():
        if food not in nutrition_dict:
            return food
            break
        else:
            summary['calories']+=grams/100.0*nutrition_dict[food]['calories']
            summary['total_fat']+=grams/100.0*nutrition_dict[food]['total_fat']
            summary['protein']+=grams/100.0*nutrition_dict[food]['protein']
            summary['carbohydrate']+=grams/100.0*nutrition_dict[food]['carbohydrate']
            summary['sugars']+=grams/100.0*nutrition_dict[food]['sugars']
            
    return summary
        
    
nutritional_summary({"Croissants, cheese": 150, "Orange juice, raw": 250})