Vegetables, Salad & Fruit 🥕

Question 1

What are examples of processed veg/ fruit? 🍉

Classify vegetables 🌽

List 3 from each group 🍒🍒

Answer 1

Frozen, canned, dried
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Root, Green, Fruit & pulse/legume
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Carrot, onions, parsnip, potato, garlic- root
Lettuce, broccoli, celery, kale- green
Cucumber, tomato, pumpkin, pepper- fruit
Beans, peas, lentils- pulse/legume

Question 2

List the groups root, green, fruit & 
pulse veggies, & say the average composition of veggies for each one for:
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•protein 
•fats
•carbs
•minerals
•vitamins
 •water

Answer 2

Root: protein fats carbs
1%. 0% 5-10%

     Minerals.           Vitamins      Water
     Calcium, iron.    A, b, c          70-90% 🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝 Green:  protein   Fats     Carbs    Minerals
          3%.         0%        2%        Calcium, iron

          Vitamins           Water
            A, b, c              90-95% 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉 Fruit:   Protein    Fats    Carbs    Minerals
          1%          0%.      2-5%      Calcium, iron

       Vitamins     Water
          A, b, c       90-95%.  🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒 Pulse/legume:   Protein   Fats.       Carbs
                         2-4%     0-8%.      3-60%

                     Minerals.         Vitamins.  Water
                     Calcium, iron     A, b, c.    14-19%

Question 3

What is nutritive value?
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What is dietetic value?
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Answer 3

Nutritive value is the nutrient content in a food and the benefits these nutrients have for the body.
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Dietetic value is the value a food has in particular diets.

Question 4

List 3 nutritive values of vegetables

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Answer 4

Most veggies r Low in fat
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Veggies contain carotene, folic acid & V. C
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They have a high water content
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Some veggies contain small amounts of calcium, leafy greens & pulses contain iron
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Question 5

List 3 dietetic values of vegetables

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Answer 5

Pulse veggies r useful in vegetarian diets
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They r useful in high-fibre diets
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Some veggies r inexpensive
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They’re useful in vegan diets
, due to their calcium & iron intake

Question 6

What culinary uses of vegetables r there??

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Answer 6

• Juices/smoothies
• snacks
• starters
• mains
• desserts
• soups/stocks
• preserves