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Carbs
Sugar
Digestion
Grains
Grain Products
100
Nutrient that is a person's main source of energy.
What is a carbohydrate?
100
Building blocks for carbohydrates.
What is glucose?
100
Plant material that can't be digested.
What is fiber?
100
Grains that contain most of the original nutrients of the plant.
What are whole grains?
100
Italian meaning "paste".
What is pasta?
200
Carbohydrates are found mostly in this type of foods.
What are plants?
200
A chemical term meaning sugar.
What is saccharide?
200
Fiber absorbs this, resulting in food moving through large intestine.
What is water?
200
Largest part of the grain kernel.
What is endosperm?
200
Variation of pasta that has egg added to it.
What is noodle?
300
A chemical process used by plants to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.
What photosynthesis?
300
Term describing monosaccharide and disaccharide sugars.
What is simple carbohydrates?
300
Good source of fiber.
What are whole grain foods, dry beans, peas, lentils, or cooked vegetables?
300
Term used when nutrients are added to replace those lost during processing of food.
What is enriched?
300
Pasta is cooked in boiling water to prevent this from happening.
What is sticking?
400
Another term to describe starches.
What is starches?
400
Substances used in place of sugar to sweeten foods but adding few calories.
What are sugar substitutes?
400
Fiber helps you to eat less because it gives you this feeling.
What is fullness?
400
Part of the kernel where the plant sprouts from.
What is germ?
400
Why rice is not stirred during cooking.
What is crushing of rice kernels?
500
Complicated chemical arrangements that are not as easy to disgest as sugars.
What are polysaccharides?
500
Sugars extracted fromplants and used to sweeten foods.
What are added sugars?
500
Special proteins that help chemical reactions take place in the body.
What are enzymes?
500
Edible outer layer of the kernel of grain.
What is bran?
500
High protein wheat that makes great pasta.
What is durum wheat?