KS3 Food Provenance
What's covered
Key facts
Cocoa is one of the most prominent Fairtrade-certified products; many UK chocolate brands carry the Mark on packaging because the cocoa supply chain has been a focus of campaigning since the 1990s.
Aquaculture is the farming of fish and other seafood in controlled freshwater or saltwater conditions.
Per kilogram of food transported, air freight produces the highest carbon emissions of any common transport mode, far exceeding road, rail or sea.
Milk and eggs are both animal-based foods; wheat and corn, oats and nuts, and soya and lentils are plant-based.
Chemicals added to food to improve colour, flavour, texture or shelf life are called additives.
Apples are a typical British autumn crop; mangoes, pineapples and bananas are tropical and not UK autumn crops.
Eating less meat and more plant foods helps reduce a person's carbon footprint.
On top of the minimum price, Fairtrade-certified buyers pay an additional Fairtrade Premium to the producer co-operative, ring-fenced for community development projects (schools, clinics, processing equipment, etc.).
"Free range" for egg-laying hens means the hens have continuous daytime access to outdoor space (vegetated runs).
Air-freighted food has, by definition, very high food miles compared with locally produced alternatives.
Sample questions
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What does the Fairtrade logo guarantee for farmers?
- ✓a minimum price plus a social premium
- •farmers were paid the international commodity market price
- •food was grown organically with no pesticides
- •food was produced with zero carbon emissions
Which is a feature of intensive farming?
- •free-range animals with outdoor access
- ✓high yield in a small space
- •no use of pesticides or fertilisers
- •small-scale production for local markets
What do 'food miles' measure?
- •the carbon emissions produced during food processing and packaging
- •the cost of transporting food from farm to supermarket shelf
- ✓the distance food travels from where it is produced to the consumer
- •the number of countries a food product passes through before sale
Which of these is a plant-based food source?
- •eggs
- •honey
- •milk
- ✓wheat
Why are food additives used in processed foods?
- •to increase the protein content of the food
- ✓to preserve, colour, emulsify, or stabilise food
- •to remove harmful bacteria without any heat
- •to replace vitamins lost when raw food is refrigerated
What does 'seasonal food' mean?
- ✓food grown and harvested at its natural time of year
- •food that has been recently harvested and is very fresh
- •food that has been stored carefully to preserve its nutrients
- •food that is available all year round in supermarkets
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