WorksheetsFood Packaging
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
Name a material used commonly for food packaging?
Wood
paper
Plastic vacuum packing
Aluminium
Name 2 types of information found on packaging?
Name and Ingredients list
Nutritional information and colour chart
Telephone number of manufacturer
Who is the consumer?
The person that sells the food
The person that makes the food
The person that buys the food
The person that promotes the food
Why is the ingredients list important on packaging?
So it will help people that have allergies make a better decision about buying
So you can decide if it has excess ingredients in it or not
It will help you develop an opinion on where it was made
It will help you decide whether it is worth the money or not.
What would you consider a food product if it has more than 15g of sugar in it.
Low
High
Medium
How would you package beetroot?
Paper bag
Cardboard box
Modified atmospheric packaging (MAP plastic)
Why is the weight of a food product needed on labelling?
So you know if it is enough to buy
So you know how much to throw away
This tells you how much money you can waste on food
It makes the food product look more appealing
if you buy a faulty food product, can you get a refund?
No, you should have paid more attention when you bought it.
Yes, follow the refund policy set by the manufacturer or the place you purchased it.
Possibly, depends on how much money you spent on it.
Name a food product that you would find the use by date on.
Eggs
Rice
Pumpkin
Flour
