Name That Food Group
Eat the Rainbow
Nutrient Detective
Label Literacy
Balance MyPlate
100
This food group includes milk, cheese, and yogurt
What is Dairy?
100
This color of vegetable is highest in Vitamin A and includes carrots and sweet potatoes.
What is orange/red?
100
These are the three main nutrients focused on this week — not calories, those are a measure of energy!
What are carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals?
100
DV stands for this on a Nutrition Facts label.
What is Daily Value?
100
What food group could you add to make this meal more balanced?
What is Fruit?
200
Beans and peas belong to this food group - and also double as a vegetable.
What is Protein
200
True or false — frozen fruits and vegetables count toward your daily intake.
What is True?
200
This nutrient gives your body energy to run, jump, and even blink your eyes.
What are carbohydrates?
200
These sweeteners are not naturally occurring in food — they are added during processing and should be limited.
What are added sugars?
200
This snack hits three food groups - name them.
What are Dairy, Grains, Fruits?
300
Ice cream seems like it should be Dairy — but it's actually this.
What is a Sometimes Food?
300
This drink is the best choice for a healthy meal — and many fruits and vegetables are made up of more than 90% of it.
What is water?
300
These nutrients help your body grow and stay healthy — examples include calcium, iron, and potassium.
What are minerals?
300
Calcium, iron, Vitamin D, and potassium are examples of these on a Nutrition Facts label — you want MORE of these.
What are key nutrients?
300
What food could you add to make this meal more balanced?
What is (Any protein food — chicken, beans, eggs, fish, etc.)
400
This type of grain keeps the entire kernel intact — bran, germ, and endosperm — and is the healthier choice over its processed cousin.
What is a whole grain?
400
Fruit canned in syrup, sweetened dried fruit, and soda are all examples of this.
What are Sometimes Foods?
400
This vitamin helps your body heal cuts and scratches and keeps your teeth and gums healthy.
What is Vitamin C?
400
This number on a Nutrition Facts label tells you how much energy a food provides — but it is NOT a nutrient.
What are calories?
400
This snack has a sometimes food hiding in it — what is it and what would you swap it for?
What is Gatorade — swap for water?