Year 8 Food prep and Nutrition assessment

What are Macronutrients? (1 mark)

What are Micronutrients? (1 mark)

Complete the sentences (4 marks)

Macronutrients give the body __________________ and are required in ______________ quantities. Micronutrients keep the body __________________ and are required in ______________ quantities.

Name 3 things that are on a food label? (3 Marks)

What is a raising agent?

Name a raising agent used in baking?

Name a food that uses a raising agent?

Gelatinisation is where the starch expands in a liquid when heat is added. What does this process do to a liquid?

Coagulation is:

• When enzymes react with oxygen to turn food brown

• When a food product rises with heat

• The setting of proteins when heating and a liquid turns into a solid

What is denaturation in proteins?

• The process of proteins gaining more structure when heated

• The process of proteins losing their structure due to external stress

• The conversion of proteins into carbohydrates