Food Groups
This group contains starchy foods such as pasta, rice, oats, potatoes, noodles, yam, green bananas, sweet potato, millet, couscous, breads, breakfasts cereals, barley and rye.
What are carbohydrates?
Definition: saccharides that give food a sweet flavor and are quick sources of energy
Importance: excessive consumption leads to increased risk of diabetes, tooth decay, and obesity.
What is sugar?
Safe ways to thaw foods
What is in microwave or in fridge?
This group contains meat, fish and eggs as well as vegetable protein, nuts, beans, peas, lentils, dahl, Quorn and soya.
What is protein?
Definition: the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of water by 1 degree C.
Importance: a measurement of a food's total energy available for use in the body
What is calorie?
What kind of conditions do bacteria multiply in?
What are Moist, warm places?
This group contains milk, yoghurt, fromage frais, milkshakes, cheese – both hard cheese and soft cheese including soft cheese triangles.
What are milk and dairy products?
Definition: an organic compound required in tiny amounts by an organism for normal growth and development
Importance: co factors for enzymes and hormones and antioxidants
What is vitamin?
Letting harmful bacteria spread from raw foods to other foods
What is cross-contamination
Can you name the five food groups?
What are grains and pulses; vegetables and fruits; dairy and milk products; meat, fish and eggs; oil, fats and sweets?
Definition: major mineral found in fluid surrounding cells
Importance: regulates blood pressure and volume and PH balance. used in muscles and the nervous system
What is sodium?
Bacteria that lives in intestines
What is E Coli?
This group contains butter, margarine, cooking oils, cream, salad dressings, chocolate, crisps, sugary soft drinks, sweets, jam, cakes, pudding, biscuits and pastries. These foods give us a lot of energy (calories) but not many nutrients.
What are fats and sugars?
Definition: fats solid at room temperature and contain single bonds between carbons
Importance: increases LDL cholesterol
What is saturated fat?
One of the most dangerous food borne illness; can be deadly due to paralysis of the respiratory system
What is Botulism?