Food Truth: Behind The Veil
This is a quiz about foods and food labeling. Click on "EXPLANATION" for more information about each answer.
- 1.
What is “organic farming”?- A.
Tastes great, less filling
- B.
A brand new way of growing food that was just invented
- C.
Farming without the use of pesticides, antibiotics or genetically altered organisms
- 2.
“Certified Organic” and “Organic” labels mean that the food is 100% organic.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.
What about ‘natural flavors’ – they sound fake, but I see them listed as an ingredient in organic food. What are they?
- A.
Flavors from natural sources, like organic fruit extracts
- B.
MSG, also known as glutamic acid
- C.
Beef by-products
- D.
All of the above
- 4.
ALL Beef Is Grass-Fed.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.
What’s all the fuss about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
- A.
We don’t really know yet.
- B.
GMOs are poisonous.
- C.
The technology was borrowed from aliens.
- 6.
What percentage of food products in US supermarkets contain GMOs?
- A.
Less than 15-25%
- B.
About 40-50%
- C.
More than 60-70%
- 7.
What foods are most likely to contain GMOs? Here's a hint:
- A.
Cheese
- B.
Diet ice cream
- C.
Salad greens
- 8.
If the eggs I buy are labeled "cage-free", I know the chickens that produced them have been treated well.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.
Since I care about taste AND animal welfare, I should buy certified organic eggs instead, right?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.
I have heard that plastic drink bottles are unsafe because of BPA. What is BPA?
- A.
An endocrine disruptor that can mimic sex hormones, causing premature puberty in girls and some types of cancer
- B.
A toxic chemical found in the urine of 90% of the US population
- C.
A substance that is added to soft plastic to make it sturdier
- D.
The reason your friends have those cool metal water bottles
- E.
All of the above
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