Food & Nutrition

Details of exam

This will be a written examination of 1 hour of short questions and longer questions to apply your knowledge.

Nutrition

• Healthy Eating guidelines – how to apply them to food we have cooked 

• Energy balance- what does it mean?

What is energy measured in? Values of macronutrients  Food Science and Commodities

• Review questions on recipes 

• Raising agent

• Pastry

• Dairy Factors Affecting Food Choice

• Food Provenance- what is it, what are food miles, ways to reduce 

• Special dietary needs - Diet through life, different dietary needs through life 

Use sheets in exercise books and hand outs to make notes and revision cards. There is a revision guide on Sparkjar in the topic called “revision”.

Make sure you use Point Example Evidence and Link in your longer question answers.