Food Facts
What is a Serving?
Food Group

Safety While Cooking
100

This vegetable, often served mashed, has lots of Vitamin C

What is a potato?

100

One slice of this food is considered a serving in the grain group.

What is bread?

100

This food group has bread, rice, and pasta products and provides you with energy.

What is the grain products group?

100

This needs to be done to raw vegetables before eating them.

What is washing them?

200

Although often considered a vegetable, this food is actually a fruit

What is a tomato?

200

1 cup of this food that often comes in 1%, 2% or skim varieties is considered a serving.

What is milk?

200

Calcium plus Vitamin D are the main vitamin/mineral found in this group.

What is the milk group?

200

This kills microorganisms during the cooking process.

What is heat?

300

Drying grapes for several days will give you this fruit

What is a raisin?

300

A portion the size of a deck of cards is a serving in this food group.

What is meat?

300

Apples, pears, cabbage and broccoli are part of this food group and are rich in vitamins and minerals.

What is the vegetable and fruit group?

300

After this amount of time meat, fish and poultry should be thrown out when stored in the refrigerator.

What is 3 days?

400

This food in the milk group contains live bacterial culture and can be eaten with fruits or made into a frozen dessert.

What is yogurt?

400

1.5oz of this food found in the milk and alternatives group is considered on serving

What is natural cheese?

400

Fish, meat, baked beans and peanut butter provide you with protein in this food group.

What is Meat and Alternative group?

400

Amount of time that cooked food is considered safe after being left out at room temperature.

what is 2 hours?

500

This super food contains vitamins(C, E, K, and B-6), minerals(riboflavin, niacin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, and potassium), protein and omega 3 fatty acids.

What is an avocado?

500

1 cup of this favourite morning food items often served with milk equals to one serving of grains

What is cold cereals?

500

Pop, candy and chips are part of this food group.

What is the "slightly never to eat" food group?

500

This is what you should do with food if you are not sure how long it has been sitting out.

What is throwing it out?