Micronutrients

Question 1

What are the main groups of micronutrients?

Answer 1

Vitamins and minerals/trace elements

Question 2

What are fortified foods?

Answer 2

Foods with vitamins added to them, nutrients that are added which were never naturally part of the food

Question 3

What is meant by enriching foods?

Answer 3

Replacing original nutrients after they have been lost during processing

Question 4

Which foods contain the highest level of nutrients?

Answer 4

Fully ripe fruit and vegetables

Question 5

What methods can be used to preserve the vitamin content of food?

Answer 5

• Freezing foods
• Storing Foods in a cool, dark place prevents nutrient loss as some vitamins are light sensitive, or will degrade at warm temperatures
• Cooking: it is best to keep cooking times to a minimum, cook until Al dente. And, avoid boiling veg in large amounts of water because vitamins will leach out into the water

Question 6

What are vitamins?

Answer 6

Any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.

Question 7

What are minerals?

Answer 7

A solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance.

Question 8

What are food additives?

Answer 8

A substance added to food to enhance its flavour or appearance or to preserve it i.e. prevent the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria