The Journey of Food

The Journey of Food

What have we been learning?

By the end of the Journey of Food topic you should:

• understand how sustainability, organic foods, food miles and seasonality could impact consumer choice. ​

• understand the legal requirements of food packaging for manufacturers.

• explain how environmental issues associated with food packaging can impact consumer choice. ​

• explain how budget and food poverty can influence consumer food choice. ​

• explain my basic legal rights as a consumer and recognise how the Advertising Standards Authority) can help protect me. ​

Poll

How have you enjoyed this topic?

• Loved it

• It's been okay

• Haven't enjoyed it

Multiple Choice

Explain the ADVANTAGE to the consumer of purchasing organic food

• Free from chemicals and pesticides

• Cause less harm to the environment

• Improved animal welfare

• All of the these

Fill in the Blanks

Explain one DISADVANTAGE to the consumer of purchasing organic foods

Multiple Select

What can we do when buying products to reduce food miles? (Select three correct answers)

• Buy foods when they are in season only

• Check labels and buy local products

• Shop at farmer markets

• Buy all food from one foreign country

Multiple Select

How can we reduce food miles? (Select three correct options)

• Buy local products

• Grow our own products

• Eat less food

• Buy food in bulk

Multiple Choice

Where do we start calculating a food products carbon footprint?

• Where it is produced

• When it is harvested

• Transporting food to the factory

• Transporting food to the supermarket

Multiple Choice

Food miles refers to

• How many miles you need to run to burn off calories

• How far food has traveled to be sold

• How man miles you can run from the energy food provides

• All of the above

Open Ended

What does the word 'seasonality' mean?

Fill in the Blanks

Name one of the seasons

Multiple Select

Why might seasonal produce taste better?

• The food is grown closer to you so it doesn't spoil on its trip.

• Because fruits and vegetables haven't had time to lose their flavour and health benefits by sitting in a shipping container.

• They're grown in optimum conditions

Multiple Choice

What you shouldn't do while shopping?

• Check what you have at home before you shop.

• You must buy a lot of products on special sales only.

• Make a list of products you want to buy to prevent from buying unneeded things.

• Check the expiry dates on products which you want to buy.

Multiple Choice

What kind of food do we waste the most?

• Fruit, vegetables

• Sweets

• Dairy products

• Herbs and spices

Multiple Choice

All prepacked food requires a food label that displays important information.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When buying Tomato's which type of packaging would be the most environmentally friendly

• Paper bag

• plastic container

Multiple Select

Which two do we use food packaging for

• Help to transport food

• To help fill up landfill

• protect the food

• to enhance the flavour of the food

Multiple Choice

Which of these products would you use paper card packaging for

• baked beans

• washed salad leaves

• cornflakes

• ready meal

Multiple Choice

What is the function of food packaging?

• To protect and promote the food

• To make opening the food product hard

• To have excess material to throw in the rubbish bin

• to make the food product more exciting

Multiple Select

Which ingredient is not a common allergen found in food

• Mustard

• Olive oil

• Celery

• Peanuts

Multiple Choice

Which statements describes a 'use by date' best?

• It is not safe to eat after this date

• It if safe to eat but the quality might not be as good

• They are found on fresh food products only

• You must throw the product away

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence. Allergens need to be highlighted in the ingredients list........

• When they weigh over a certain amount

• When the foods are mostly based on allergen ingredients

• Only when the product is sold in a supermarket

• At all times

Multiple Choice

How should ingredients be listed on the packaging?

• No particular order

• In descending weight order

• Alphabetical order

• In order of the most amount of ingredient first

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not have to be put onto the food label of a product?

• Name of the food

• List of ingredients

• Traffic light labelling

• Weight or volume

Multiple Choice

What does ASA stand for?

• Advertising Standards Authority
• Advertising Sales Agency
• Advertising Sales Authority

Multiple Choice

The ASA stands for...

• Advertising Socials Agency

• Advertising Standards Authority

• Advertising Standards Academy

• Advertising Social Agreement

Multiple Choice

According to the Advertising Standards Authority good advertising should be:

• Humours, musical and interesting
• Legal, decent, honest and truthful
• Entertaining, musical and colourful

Multiple Choice

An endorsement is:

• An individual (usually a celebrity) giving an approval for a particular product
• Where an "actual consumer" tells you about the good points of a particular product
• An expert is saying a particular product is the best and surveys and tests prove this