Grains

Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is in the Grains Group.

• True

• False

Folate (from foods such as spinach and black-eyed peas) and folic acid (from fortified foods such as enriched grains and from supplements) are especially important for which of the following groups?

• children under 2 years old

• athletes

• women of childbearing age

• all of these

What is the most common food from the Grain Group eaten in the United States?

• tortillas

• bread

• white rice

• popcorn

• pancakes

What is the best way to know that the bread you are buying is a whole-grain bread?

• the bread tastes "grainy"

• bread is brown in color

• the label says "100% wheat"

• another customer says so

• any ingredient includes the word "whole"

What food made from grains is pictured here?

• corn bread

• pita bread

• flour tortilla

• english muffins

Refined grains are grains that have been milled, a process that removes the bran and germ. This is done to give grains a finer texture and improve their shelf life, but it also removes dietary fiber, iron, and many B vitamins. Which of these foods is a refined grain?

• oatmeal

• bulgur (cracked wheat)

• white rice

• popcorn

• all of the above

The Grains Group could also be called the Carbohydrate Group because all foods that contain carbohydrates are in the Grains Group.

• True

• False

Many people do not eat the recommended amount of whole grains. To eat more whole grain foods, you should just add more of them to what you already eat.

• True

• False

About how much of the grains you eat should be whole grains?

• none

• one quarter (1/4)

• one half (1/2)

• all of them

Which of these grain products is available in both refined and whole grain varieties?

• pasta

• bread

• cornbread

• crackers

• all of the above