What agency determines the kind of claims food companies can make on their packaging? - Answers The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A claim such as "high fiber" is an example of what kind of claim? - Answers Nutrient claim
For an item to be called "low fat," it must have fewer than __________ grams of fat per serving. -
Answers 3
A health claim has two parts: a listing of the nutrient and __________. - Answers Its potential benefit to
your health
If a cereal says it contains vitamin A, which can help with your vision, which of the following statements
is true? - Answers All food products with vitamin A can help with vision
T or F Foods only contain one type of carbohydrate. - Answers False
The Dietary Guidelines recommended limiting added sugar in a diet. Which of the following foods would
be considered a significant source of added sugar? - Answers Nutri-Grain cereal bar
Which of the following foods would be a good source of naturally occurring sugar? - Answers Milk
Which of the following nutrients is a carbohydrate?
-high fructose corn syrup
-fructose
-starch
-All of these are correct. - Answers All of these are correct
Which of the following is likely to be the most significant source of fiber in a cereal bar?
- enriched white flour
- milk powder
- rolled oats, cracked oats, steal-cut oats
- fruit filling - Answers Rolled oats, cracked oats, steal-cut oats
Americans are consuming _____ teaspoons of added sugar daily. - Answers 17
A 20-ounce bottle of cola will provide __________ of added sugar. - Answers 15 teaspoons
What is the standard serving of a soft drink? - Answers 8 ounces
, 1. Carbohydrates are a ___________________ whose primary function it to provide energy to the body.
All digestible forms of carbohydrates provide 4 calories/g of energy. Fiber, starch, and
________________ are complex carbohydrates, while glucose, fructose, and sucrose are simple
carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates can be monosaccharides, like glucose and ____________________
or disaccharides, like lactose and ________________. Complex carbohydrates include polysaccharides.
Starch consists of chains of glucose molecules. Some starch chains are _______________ and harder to
digest. Other starch is much easier to digest and has ____________________ chains. Dietary
________________ consists of soluble and insoluble types, which both possess important benefits like
reducing the risk of constipation, heart disease, and obesity. Soluble fiber also helps reduce the risk of
diabetes. Glycogen is a highly branched polysacchar - Answers - macronutrient
- glycogen
- galactose
- maltose
- straight
- branching
- fiber
- glycogenesis
- protein
_____________ ________________ are a category of sugars that contain either one or two molecules. -
Answers Simple carbohydrates
______________________ are a category of single sugar molecules that are absorbed easily in the small
intestine. - Answers Monosaccharides
___________________ consist of two molecules of sugar joined together. - Answers Disaccharides
__________________ is the most abundant sugar molecule, and the preferred source of energy for the
brain. - Answers Glucose
___________________ __________________ are a category of nutrient compounds consisting of long
chains of sugar molecules. - Answers Complex carbohydrates
______________ is a type of simple carbohydrate composed of a glucose molecule and a fructose
molecule. - Answers Sucrose
Plants store glucose as polysaccharides in the form of ________. - Answers Strach
Animals store glucose polysaccharides in the form of __________________. - Answers Glycogen