Contemporary food issues: SQA Higher Health and Food Technology Area 2 quiz quiz

Because cost and budget limit what they can afford to buy

Because energy-dense foods are always the healthiest option

Because the law requires low-income shoppers to buy value ranges

Because energy-dense foods never carry advertising

Observant Hindus eat only halal meat and avoid all dairy

Observant Jews must mix meat and dairy in every meal

Observant Muslims eat only halal meat and avoid pork and alcohol

Observant Christians are required to follow a vegan diet

An allergy only affects children, while an intolerance only affects adults

An allergy is an immune reaction that can be life-threatening, while an intolerance is not an immune response

An intolerance is always more dangerous than an allergy

There is no difference; the two terms mean the same thing

Buying the cheapest available ready meal to save money

Choosing whatever food is quickest to prepare after a long shift

Buying a product only because it was advertised on television

Choosing Fairtrade, free-range and locally sourced foods

To slow the growth of microorganisms and extend shelf life and safety

To add bright colour so the food looks more attractive

To stop oil and water separating in a sauce

To sweeten the food without adding calories

Food is cooked, rapidly chilled and then reheated before serving

The air in a pack is replaced with gases such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide

A liquid such as milk is heated to a very high temperature for a few seconds to kill microorganisms

Genes in a crop are altered to resist pests

A food that has been frozen to make it last longer

A food given an added health benefit beyond basic nutrition, such as a cholesterol-lowering spread

A food that contains no additives at all

A food sold only in health-food shops

Mycoprotein (Quorn) grown from a fungus

Full-fat butter made from cream

White sugar refined from sugar beet

Lard rendered from animal fat

It always reduces crop yields

It is never allowed to be sold anywhere

It cannot improve the nutrition of a crop

Concern about safety and unknown long-term environmental effects

An ingredients list in descending order of weight with allergens emphasised

The home address of every consumer who buys it

A photograph of the factory where it was made

The personal opinion of the shopkeeper

The food is of best quality until then but stays safe afterwards

It is a safety date, after which the food may be unsafe to eat

The date the food was manufactured

The date the food should be put on special offer

They show the price history of the product

They list the names of the food scientists who developed it

They show at a glance whether a food is high, medium or low in fat, saturates, sugars and salt

They replace the need for any ingredients list

Food Standards Scotland (FSS)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

The local football association

The Meteorological Office

Citizens Advice

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

Trading Standards

Food Standards Scotland

It sets the price of all food in shops

It provides free medical advice about allergies

It enforces consumer protection and food labelling law, investigating mislabelled or underweight food

It writes the recipes for all ready meals