What are chips (french fries) made of?
Oil? Apples? Well, if you are in the group of 36% of the British children aged 8 – 14 who didn’t know, that could be what you think:
... a British Heart Foundation (BHF) survey found that 36 per cent of youngsters aged eight-14 could not correctly identify the main ingredient of chips as potato.The BHF is worried that kids need better nutrition education, as they don’t understand the consequences of unhealthy eating. They are running a campaign to try and wean (well, scare) them off eating fast food, by showing photographs of images of burger rolls filled with gristle, connective tissue, bone and the other ingredients that go into burgers, chicken nuggets and hot dogs.
Nearly one in 10 (nine per cent) of the children questioned thought chips were made of oil, with others suggesting eggs, flour and apples.
More than a third of children (37 per cent) also failed to identify that cheese was mostly made of milk.