Nutrients
Food Safety
Meal Planning
Nutrition Statistics
Nutrition Labels
100

These 4 nutrients are defined as macronutrients.

What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and water?

100


Norovirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter, and Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) are all 5 types of this health ailment.



What is foodborne illness?
100

This is an interactive guide to healthy eating and living.

What is MyPlate?

100

There are this many calories in one lb of fat.

What are 3,500 calories?

100

Foods need to meet criteria set by this organization to be certified organic.

What is the USDA?
200

A donut is an example of this type of carbohydrate.

What is a simple carbohydrate?

200

This abnormal response to a food is triggered by the immune system.

What is a food allergy?
200

This food group should make up the largest section of your plate when planning your meal.

What is vegetables?

200

Eating artificial trans fats is associated with a 28% increase of dying from this disease.

What is heart disease?

200

Foods can be classified as this term if the product contains 3 grams of fat or less per serving.

What is low fat?

300

There are this many total amino acids, but only this many are essential. (2 answer response)

What are 20 total and 9 essential?
300

Food can stay out of the refrigerator for this amount of time before it starts to spoil.

What is 2 hours?

The “Danger Zone” (40 °F-140 °F).

300

MyPlate recommends you get this amount of fats/oils per meal.

What is no recommended amount?
300

1 gram of fat has this many calories.

What are 9 calories?

300

List one food product that is exempt from FDA required nutrition fact labeling.

What are raw fruits, vegetables, and fish?

400

This type of fat contributes to dangerous LDL cholesterol levels, significantly increasing your risk of a heart attack.

What is a trans fat?

400

The CDC recommends your refrigerator be set below this temperature?

What is 40 degrees F?


400

The name of the government program that created MyPlate is this.

What is the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)?

400

American teenagers consume an average of this many teaspoons of sugar each day.

What are 34 teaspoons?

400

These types of foods are high in nutrients compared with their calorie content.

What are nutrient dense foods?
500

These two types of vitamins are water soluble.

What are vitamin C and B-Complex?

500

Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator no longer than this amount of time.

What is 3-4 days?

500

When selecting a "Reduced Fat" salad dressing, this means that salad dressing contains this percentage (or less) of the fat found in the regular version.

What is 25%?

500

92% of the U.S. population is suffering from a deficiency in these two essential nutrients.

What are vitamins and minerals?

500

There are 56 different names for sugar, potentially lurking in the ingredient list on a product label. Name one OTHER name for sugar.

What is...?

  1. Dextrose
  2. Fructose
  3. Galactose
  4. Glucose
  5. Lactose
  6. Maltose
  7. Sucrose
  8. Beet sugar
  9. Brown sugar
  10. Cane juice crystals
  11. Cane sugar
  12. Castor sugar
  13. Coconut sugar
  14. Confectioner's sugar (aka, powdered sugar)
  15. Corn syrup solids
  16. Crystalline fructose
  17. Date sugar
  18. Demerara sugar
  19. Dextrin
  20. Diastatic malt
  21. Ethyl maltol
  22. Florida crystals
  23. Golden sugar
  24. Glucose syrup solids
  25. Grape sugar
  26. Icing sugar
  27. Maltodextrin
  28. Muscovado sugar
  29. Panela sugar
  30. Raw sugar
  31. Sugar (granulated or table)
  32. Sucanat
  33. Turbinado sugar
  34. Yellow sugar
  35. Agave Nectar/Syrup
  36. Barley malt
  37. Blackstrap molasses
  38. Brown rice syrup
  39. Buttered sugar/buttercream
  40. Caramel
  41. Carob syrup
  42. Corn syrup
  43. Evaporated cane juice
  44. Fruit juice
  45. Fruit juice concentrate
  46. Golden syrup
  47. High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
  48. Honey
  49. Invert sugar
  50. Malt syrup
  51. Maple syrup
  52. Molasses
  53. Rice syrup
  54. Refiner's syrup
  55. Sorghum syrup
  56. Treacle
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