Nutrients
Food Transformation
Serving Sizes
Food Facts
Food & the Environment
100

This nutrient is found in bread, fruit, and vegetables and gives energy to your body

What is a carbohydrate?

100

Foods such as whole grains, tubers, legumes, fruits, and vegetables.

What is a whole food?

100

The recommended amount of a food or drink that you should eat.

What is a serving size?

100

There are many varieties of this fruit including Gala, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp.

What is an apple?

100

This is food that is grown by farmers that live near you. if you buy this food it helps reduce the food miles your food has to travel to get to you, which reduces pollutants like CO2.

What is local food?

200

This nutrient, found in nuts, avocado, and dairy products, helps support cell growth

What is fat?

200

This substance is added to food to change flavor, appearance, and/or to preserve it.

What is an additive?

200

You should fill half of your plate with these two food groups.

What are fruits and vegetables?

OR

What are grains and proteins?

200

this food group provides your body with calcium, vitamin D, and protein.

What is dairy?

200

Food that is grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides. This food promotes biodiversity.

What is organic food?

300

This nutrient is found in meat, legumes, and milk and helps grow strong muscles

What is protein?

300

This is an additive sweetener that is made from corn starch.

What is High Fructose Corn Syrup?

300

This is the recommended number of bread slices you should eat per serving.

What is two slices of bread?

300

this type of food, typically used to make sandwiches, has lots of iron.

What is whole wheat bread?

300

This is a way to dispose of food waste in an environmentally responsible manner.

What is composting?

400

This nutrient group includes vitamins and minerals

What are micronutrients?

400

Any food that has been changed from its original form to something else

What is processed food?

400

You should drink at least 64 ounces of this a day.

What is water?

400

This vegetable, usually served mashed or fried, has lots of vitamin C.

What is a potato?

400

Farming that uses synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and usually grows one crop on a large-scale.

What is industrial farming?

500

These are chemicals produced by plants that protect them from germs and insects and ALSO provide benefits to humans who eat plant foods.

What are phytonutrients?

500

This type of fat lowers your good cholesterol and increases your bad cholesterol.

What is trans fat?

500

This is information found on food packages that details a food's nutrition content including the amount of fat, sugar, protein and fiber it has.

What is a nutrition label?

500

The average American consumes 66 pounds of this per year.

What is sugar?

500

The term refers to the idea that human activity should be guided by the principle that the welfare of the environment and future generations should always be considered.

What is sustainability?