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Year 5 - Cooking and nutrition

Processing our food

Food production

Unit Summary

This unit goes through different ways in which our food is produced and processed, using a range of examples. The reasons why and how our food is processed is highlighted. Pupils identify the origin of ingredients through cooking a baked dish.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain why and how our food is processed.

Key Notes

  • Food is processed at home and on a large scale to make it edible and safe.
  • Food is processed at home or in restaurants to prepare dishes for people, such as peeling, filleting, cooking, freezing.
  • Food is processed on a large scale to provide food for many people, and provide convenience and variety.
  • Around 40% of food waste is from food production and processing, and 60% from the home.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • processing: a series of stages (steps) in making a food, object or product
  • large scale: involving a lot of activity and people over a large area, often making many things
  • food waste: food that is thrown away or lost from production to consumption

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Food processing does not happen at home to prepare and cook food, only at a factory.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Food is processed at home and on a large scale to make it edible and safe. Food is processed at home or in restaurants to prepare dishes for people, such as peeling, filleting, cooking, freezing.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'processing'

a series of stages (steps) in making a food, object or product.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Food processing does not happen at home to prepare and cook food, only at a factory. Correction: Food processing steps are used in the home to prepare and cook food, such as peeling, slicing, grating, mixing and baking.

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