Fruits and Vegetables & Meat and Poultry Flashcards
Where is the fibre found in fruits and vegetables?
The skins
How much fruit and veg are we advised to eat per day?
Five portions a day - 80g
What are fruits and vegetables?
They are the edible parts of plants
What are the 6 different types of fruits?
Soft berry fruits - raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, bilberries, cranberries
Currants - Blackcurrants, red currants, white currants
Hard fruits - apples, pears, quinces
Stone fruits - plums, damsons, greengages, nectarines, peaches, apricots, cherries
Citrus
Exotic fruits - bananas, passion fruit, kiwi, pineapples, pomegranate, grapes
What are the 6 different types of vegetables?
Roots - carrots, beetroot, parsnips
Tubers - potatoes, sweet potatoes
Bulbs - onions, leeks, spring onions, chives
Stems - asparagus, rhubarb, celery
Leaves - cabbage, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, spinach
Flower heads - cauliflower, broccoli
Fungi - chestnut
What is offal?
Internal edible organs - liver, kidney
What is poultry?
Birds - duck, turkey, goose, chicken
Give an example of game meat
Venison
Rabbit
Pheasant
What does the red tractor mark mean?
A guarantee that the food has been handled according to safety hygiene welfare and environmental care