Nutritive Additives

Question 1

What are foods with nutritive additives included often called?

Answer 1

Fortified foods

Question 2

What are the four functions of nutritive additives?

Answer 2

To replace nutrients lost during processing
To enhance the nutritional value of food
To make a food suitable for a specific group of consumers
To increase sales

Question 3

Where are nutritive additives used to replace nutrients lost during processing

Answer 3

Calcium lost during the milling of wheat to make flour

Question 4

Where are nutritive additives used to enhance the nutritive value of a food?

Answer 4

Margarine fortified with vitamin D

Question 5

Where are nutritive additives used to make a food suitable for a specific group of consumers?

Answer 5

Adding folic acid/folate to milk

Question 6

Give three examples of nutritive additives

Answer 6

Vitamin D
Calcium
Iron

Question 7

Give a use of vitamin D as a nutritive additive

Answer 7

Margarine

Question 8

Give a use of calcium as a nutritive additive

Answer 8

Flour

Milk

Question 9

Give a use of iron as a nutritive additive

Answer 9

Breakfast cereals