Natural food

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/natural-food

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the historical significance?Represents the ancestral human diet prior to widespread industrial food processing
2. What does "natural food" mean?Natural food is food that has been minimally processed and doesn’t have artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives. It stays close to how it was found in nature.
3. Why do some foods say "all-natural"?The label "all-natural" is a marketing term that usually means the food has been made with ingredients that are as close to their original form as possible, without added chemicals.

Food Processing: Any deliberate change of a food occurring before it is available for consumption.
Artificial Additives: Substances added to food that are not naturally present or typically consumed as food.
Nutrient Density: The amount of beneficial nutrients in a food in proportion to its energy content.