FOOD FACTS
This vegetable, if eaten with the skin and flesh, has lots of Vitamin C and Potassium.
What is a potato?
Botanically, a potato is a vegetable. However, nutritionally, they’re classified as a starchy food and usually wouldn’t count towards any minimum serving of vegetables in an exceedingly day.
The Canada Food Guide suggests including these foods as whole grain.
What is bread, cereal, rice, pasta?
What addition to the food label helps to interpret whether or not a food has "a little" or "a lot" of a nutrient.
What is the %Daily value footnote -5-15%?
This vitamin found in milk helps maintain skin and vision and also helps regulate the immune system.
What is Vitamin A?
Brown eggs and white eggs have the same nutritional value.
What is Ture? The breed of chicken determines the colour.
Although often considered a vegetable, this food is actually a fruit.
What is a tomato?
Health Canada recommends consuming this food group in a low fat version.
What is dairy?
What is a major change to the way manufactures list ingredients on the Food Label?
What is grouping sugars-based ingredients in brackets after the name ‘sugars’?
Which of the following contain calcium?
(a) figs
(b) almonds
(c) soybeans
(d) collard greens
What is all of the above?
!!!DAILY DOUBLE!!!
"Multigrain" breads are always "whole-grain."
What is false?
"Multigrain" means only that more than one grain is present—and the primary ingredient is usually refined wheat flour. Whole-grain flour contains the bran and the germ, and so is rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Refining wheat removes nutrients, and even when it's "enriched" only some are added back. A true whole-grain bread lists only whole grains in the ingredients, not "wheat" or "enriched wheat," which is simply refined (white) flour.
This ingredient is hiding in foods that many of us consider healthy, like yogurt and energy bars. It is also added to savory foods, such as ketchup, breads, salad dressing and pasta sauce.
What is a sugar?
3/4 cup of this is no longer considered a serving in the fruit or vegetable groups.
What is juice?
This mineral is NOW a requirement to be included on a Nutrition Facts Table (Food Label).
What is Potassium?
Which does not contain fiber?
(a) broccoli
(b) oatmeal
(c) steak
(d) an apple
(e) baked beans
What is C steak?
According to the Canada Food Guide, Canadians should be mindful about what we eat.
What is true?
Being mindful of your eating habits means being aware of:
What type of fat is a healthy fat?
A. trans fat
B. saturated fat
C. Unsaturated Fat
D. Pork fat
What C - unsaturated fat?
What does Health Canada suggest as your drink of choice?
What is water?
The new Nutrition Facts Table (Food Label) provides a Percent Daily Value for this nutrient?
What is a sugar?
How much fiber should you aim for every day?
(a) 5 grams
(b) 10 to 15 grams
(c) 21 to 35 grams
(d) 50 grams
What is C 21 to 35 grams?
Nuts make you fat?
What is false?
Eating fat doesn’t necessarily make you fat. The bigger factor leading to weight gain is portion-size.
Snack foods and commercially prepared foods often contain a lot of this mineral and are best eaten sparingly.
What is sodium?
According to Health Canada, healthy eating is more than the foods you eat. It is also about where, when and....
What is why you eat?
This general guide helps you link nutrients in a serving of food to their contribution to your daily diet.
What is the Percent Daily Value?
The World Health Organization recommends that Canadians limit their added sugar intake to 25 grams of "added" sugar per day. How many teaspoons of sugar does this represent?
What is 6 teaspoons?
Health Canada advocates choosing plant-based protein foods (such as nuts, tofu, and beans) more often.
What is true?