Are these meals good for you? Dish of the Day Fried bacon Fried sausage Fried egg Fried bread Fried mushrooms Ice cream Today’s Specials Fresh pasta with boiled rice and curry sauce Bread and butter pudding Chef’s Choice Celery Lettuce Red pepper Onion Apples and oranges 8A1 Food

Carbohydrates (starch & sugars) Proteins Fats Vitamins Minerals Fibre Water These are the essential nutrients

Protein Making new cells, growth What do we use it for? Meat, fish, nuts, cheese, eggs, beans, peas, lentils What foods contain it?

Fat Source of energy Making cells and hormones Insulation What do we use it for? Butter, nuts, sunflower oil, red meat, salmon, cream, ice cream What foods contain it?

Potatoes, pasta, rice, bread, sugar, cereal Source of energy for activities What do we use them for? Carbohydrates What foods contain them?

Turns cloudy white Emulsion testFats Turns purpleBiuret testProteins Turns redBenedicts solutionSugars Turns blue-blackIodineStarch ResultTestSubstance tested Food tests We can test foods to see what substances they contain. Why do you think this would be useful? These are some of the most common food tests:

Food Venn diagrams Carbohydrate ProteinFat Make a copy of this Venn diagram. Now put these foods into your diagram: salmon cornflakes cod nuts milk chicken rice bread strawberries chips sausages