Protein Classification

Question 1

What is Biological Value?

Answer 1

A measure of the quality of protein in foods.

Question 2

Why are foods high in biological value called Complete Foods?

Answer 2

foods in high biological value are called complete foods because they have all the essential amino acids

Question 3

Why are foods low in biological value call Incomplete Foods?

Answer 3

foods low in biological value are called incomplete foods because they lack one or more of the essential amino acids.

Question 4

Example of complete foods

Answer 4

Meat , Poultry fish eggs dairy

Question 5

Example of incomplete foods

Answer 5

nuts or seeds wheat bread or brown rice

Question 6

Examples of complimentary protein

Answer 6

baked beans and bread , split peas rice and beans