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AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
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Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE
Subject: Food & Nutrition
First Teaching: September 2016
First Exam: June 2018

Develop your students' knowledge and food preparation skills for the new GCSE; approved by AQA, this title caters to all ability levels, offers detailed assessment guidance and draws on the expertise of the UK's leading Hospitality and Catering publisher*.

- Ensures your students understand even the most challenging topics, such as nutrition and food science, with clear, accessible explanations of all subject content and simple definitions of key words
- Helps students apply their understanding of food, nutrition and healthy eating with engaging and cost-effective practical food preparation and cooking activities throughout
- Supports all abilities and learning styles with varied activities that aid progression, including extension activities to challenge more able learners
- Prepares students for Non-Exam Assessment with guidance on the Food Investigation and Food Preparation Assessment

*According to the Educational Publishers' Council statistics

Language
English
ISBN
9781471863653
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
How to use this book
Introduction to AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
Acknowledgements
Section 1 Food Preparation Skills
Skill 1 General practical skills
Skill 2 Knife skills
Skill 3 Preparing fruit and vegetables
Skill 4 Use of the cooker
Skill 5 Use of equipment
Skill 6 Cooking methods
Skill 7 Preparing, combining and shaping
Skill 8 Sauce-making
Skill 9 Tenderising and marinating
Skill 10 Dough
Skill 11 Raising agents
Skill 12 Setting mixtures
Section 2 Food, Nutrition and Health
Topic 2.1 Macronutrients
Topic 2.2 Micronutrients (and water)
Topic 2.3 Nutritional needs and health
Section 2 Practice questions
Section 3 Food Science
Topic 3.1 Cooking of food and heat transfer
Topic 3.2 Functional and chemical properties of food
Section 3 Practice questions
Section 4 Food Safety
Topic 4.1 Food spoilage and contamination
Topic 4.2 Principles of food safety
Section 4 Practice questions
Section 5 Food Choice
Topic 5.1 Factors affecting food choice
Topic 5.2 British and international cuisine
Topic 5.3 Sensory evaluation
Topic 5.4 Food labelling and marketing
Section 5 Practice questions
Section 6 Food Provenance
Topic 6.1 Environmental impact and sustainability of food
Topic 6.2 Food production and processing
Section 6 Practice questions
Section 7 Preparing for Assessment
Topic 7.1 Non-exam assessment
Topic 7.2 The written exam
Glossary
Index

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