Fats
Your brain is made of ____% fat
60%
Name a non-meat food item that contain protein.
Cheese/Dairy/Yogurt
Legumes (Beans, Chickpeas, etc.)
Whole Grains
Soy (Tofu, Edamame)
Eggs
Nuts/Seeds
True or False: Beginning in School year 2026, schools will be required to meet the new added sugar regulations which impose added sugar limits on Yogurt, Milk and Cereal.
True. Beginning next year, cereals must have 6g of added sugar or less per ounce. Yogurt will need to have 2g of sugar or less per ounce and milk will need to be less than 10g of added sugar per 8oz.
What is the best/safest way to defrost ground beef?
Directly from freezer to fridge. Placed on lowest shelf in the fridge away from ready to eat foods.
True or False: Popcorn is a whole grain.
True
Low-Fat
True or False: Most high protein foods essential amino acids necessary for muscle building, immune support, tissue repair and digestion. Essential amino acids must be consumed through diet and are most easily absorbed from animal sources of protein.
True. There are also non-essential amino acids that the body is able to make on it's own.
True or False: Prices must be displayed on snack racks.
True
True or False: If lettuce is left out of the fridge for 2 hours or more, it has entered the danger zone and should be disposed of.
True. Fresh produce is one of the top causes of food borne illness in the U.S. due to improper time/temperature control, cross contamination during preparation and cross contamination during the grow process.
How many grams of added sugar is currently in an 8oz carton of chocolate milk?
Provide an example of food that contains 'healthy' fat.
Nuts/Nut Butters
Seeds (chia seeds, sunflower, flax)
Eggs
Salmon
Olive Oil
Avocado
True or False: Most Americans do not consume enough protein.
_________ are an item we commonly use at breakfast time and is labeled 'Gluten Free'. Although it is labeled 'Gluten Free' it is generally not safe to serve to students with celiac disease due to ______________ because of where the oats are grown.
Cheerios; Cross Contamination
What color cutting board should you use to cut produce? What color cutting board should be used to prepare red meat?
Green; Red
In the National School Lunch Program, a 4oz yogurt would be considered 1 meat/meat alternate.
How many meat/meat alternates are in the chicken patty we use?
2 M/MA
There are different types of fats including:
- Saturated
- Trans
- Mono-unsaturated
- Poly-unsaturated
Which type of fat was banned from foods in 2018?
Trans fat. Although some trans fats are naturally occurring, artificial trans fat coming from partially hydrogenated oils are no longer "Generally Recognized as Safe" and can no longer be added to foods.
How long should production records be kept for?
3 years
1g of fat provides _____ calories. In comparison, 1g of protein/carbohydrate provide 4 calories.
9 calories
An egg contains approximately ____g of protein and about 70 calories.
In comparison, peanut butter contains ___g of protein per tablespoon and about 90 calories.
6g; 4g
What is the daily recommended limit of added sugar consumption according to the dietary guidelines?
10% of total daily calories.
This equals about 50g if consuming 2,000 calories per day or about 12 tsp.
If a recipe called for white rice, but you wanted to substitute it for a whole grain rich product, what would you use instead?
Brown Rice; Wild Rice; Quinoa; Barley
If the first ingredient listed on a product is "Wheat Flour", you know the product is whole grain rich.
False. The first ingredient must read "Whole Wheat Flour" or another type of whole grain, for the product to be considered whole grain.