Food Preparation & Nutrition
563 cards on what your Food exam will ask you to recall. Written against the actual Eduqas C560 spec and cross-checked against AQA 8585. Every card sourced and fact-checked.
Eduqas · AQA
563
Cards in the bank
Written to the Eduqas spec with a Food teacher, and checked against both exam boards.
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Content areas
The full Eduqas C560 spec: Cooking, Diet, Commodities, Nutrition, Science, Provenance.
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Exam boards
Eduqas C560 and AQA 8585. Every card tagged by board relevance.
What's covered
The full Eduqas C560 spec.
Mapped to Eduqas and AQA. Foundation and Higher tier flagged separately.
Food, Nutrition & Health
- ✓Macronutrients and their functions
- ✓Micronutrients — vitamins and minerals
- ✓The Eatwell Guide and balanced diets
- ✓Energy needs, balance and BMR
- ✓Dietary needs across life stages
Diet, Health & Disease
- ✓Diet-related diseases — CHD, obesity, type-2 diabetes
- ✓Deficiency and excess
- ✓Nutritional needs of specific groups
- ✓Making informed food choices
The Science of Food
- ✓Why food is cooked and how heat transfers
- ✓Functional and chemical properties
- ✓Raising agents and their effects
- ✓Enzymic browning and oxidation
- ✓Gelatinisation, coagulation and emulsification
Food Safety
- ✓High-risk foods and pathogenic bacteria
- ✓Cross-contamination and control
- ✓Safe storage temperatures
- ✓Personal hygiene and HACCP
- ✓Food poisoning — causes and symptoms
Food Provenance & Commodities
- ✓Where food comes from
- ✓Seasonal and local sourcing
- ✓Farming methods and sustainability
- ✓Food miles and carbon footprint
- ✓Commodities — cereals, dairy, meat, fish
Cooking & Food Preparation
- ✓Knife skills and equipment
- ✓Cooking methods and heat transfer
- ✓Preparation and cooking techniques
- ✓Weighing, measuring and portioning
- ✓Presentation and sensory testing
Built with a Food teacher. Every card is the kind of thing a real examiner asks, written against the actual Eduqas C560 specification and cross-checked against AQA 8585. Each one cites its source and has been fact-checked.
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