Eduqas GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition sample

84 Target: I need to be able to understand and write about… COMMODITIES FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SECTION 1 CORE KNOWLEDGE 3 MM DITIES Classi cation and types Seasonality Preservation of fruit and vegetables How to choose, prepare and cook vegetables Processing and preparation Why fruit and vegetables are cooked Nutritional values and health bene ts Classification and types of fruit and vegetables All fruit and vegetables come from plants that are grown in the ground. Not all parts of each plant are eaten. Fruits are the part of the plant that holds the seeds, which will form new plants. 1 State two examples of a fruit or vegetable used from each plant part shown in the diagram on the right. Grade boost Learn these key words and use them in your written work as this will show you understand the question: • Caramelise • Enzymic browning • Gelatinisation • Mirepoix Vegetarian diets Herbs and spices Parts of the plant growing above and below ground Science of fruit and vegetables FRUIT AND VEGETABLES flower stem ground level leaf root pea pod WJEC GCSE Food and Nutrition Revision Guide / Eduqas GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Revision Guide by Jayne Hill © Illuminate Publishing These pages are uncorrected proofs and contain un nalised artwork. RAFT Extra information may be found in the textbook pages 8–43.