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WorksheetsStaple Food Fortification (21 Januay, 2024) Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which are the strategies to combat micronutrient deficiency ?
Supplementation
Dietary diversification
Staple food fortification
All of the above
Micronutrients include
Protein
Fat
Vitamins & minerals
Amino acids
Staple food that can be fortified with Vitamin A & D are
Oil and milk
Wheat flour
Salt
Rice
Government of India mandated that salt should be fortified with
Folic acid
Iron
Iodine
Zinc
Which of the following are benefits and advantages of Fortification of Food?
It changes existing food habits
Alters the physical characteristics of the food
Fortification is safe and cost effective
Fortification gives complete nutrition
What is Staple Food Fortification?
Addition of essential proteins
Deliberately addition of essential micronutrients in all food
Enhancing the tastes of staple foods
Deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrients in staple food
What is meant by enrichment of food
Replacement of lost vitamins and minerals
Removal of vitamins and minerals
Adding all minerals and vitamins
None of the above
Fortified foods are
High fibre food
Foods naturally high in certain nutrients
Food to which extra nutrient have been added
Food that contains man-made nutrients
Original purpose of food fortification is
To make food easier to digest
To lower the cholesterol
To increase absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract
To decrease the occurrence of nutrient deficiencies
What group of vitamins must be added back into flour due to processing loss?
B-group vitamins
Water soluble vitamins
Fat soluble vitamins
All of the above
Which group of global population is most affected by anaemia?
Preschool children
Pregnant women
Non-pregnant women
Men
What does SEHAT stand for?
Source of Energy, Health and Toughness
Source of Energy, Happiness and Total Health
Source of Enhanced Health And Totality
System to Empower Health and Total nutrition
The disease caused in adults because of deficiency of vitamin D is
Anemia
Tuberculosis
Osteoporosis
Osteomalacia
"+F" logo depicts
Functional foods
Fermented foods
Organic foods
Fortified foods
Wheat flour is fortified with which nutrients
Vitamin A and D
Folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin D
Iron, folic acid and vitamin B12
Iron, vitamin A and vitamin C
"+F" logo on the food package is
White in color
Green in color
Blue in color
Black in color
Fortification can be done only to solid food materials
True
False
Micronutrients premix should be blended with small portion of the final product before mixing with the complete lot
True
False
Terms used for addition of nutrients to food regardless of earlier presence?
Food enrichment
Food fortification
Food diversification
None of the above
Food fortification affects
Smell of food
Taste of food
Appearance of food
None of the above
