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Leaving Cert Home Economics: Food commodities

How often Food commodities comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 1 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Food commodities, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Food commodities.

(a)Main nutrient supplied by potatoes?
  1. Protein
  2. Starch
  3. Fat
(b)Type of protein supplied by pulses such as lentils and beans?
  1. No protein at all
  2. High biological value protein
  3. Low biological value protein
(c)Nutrient that nuts and seeds are highest in?
  1. Fat
  2. Vitamin C
  3. Water
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(a) Starch

(b) Low biological value protein

(c) Fat

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Food commodities.

Higher Level

Asked on 1 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024C4
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Not asked
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Food commodities questions

Food commodities, 2 marks

Why is sugar described as supplying empty calories?

  1. It supplies no energy at all, only sweetness
  2. It is not absorbed by the body, so it passes straight through
  3. It gives energy but almost no other nutrients
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It gives energy but almost no other nutrients

Sugar is nearly pure sucrose, with no protein, vitamins, minerals or fibre. It also feeds the bacteria that cause tooth decay.

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