Vegan Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A cookie is labeled vegan, but a customer has a serious nut allergy. What conclusion is justified by the vegan label alone?
The cookie cannot contain nuts because nuts are an allergen
The cookie was necessarily produced on nut-free equipment
Vegan status does not establish that the cookie is free from nuts or cross-contact
The cookie is suitable for every food allergy
2. Which statement accurately describes common octopus anatomy?
Octopuses have one heart and breathe with lungs
Octopuses have four hearts and no gills
Octopuses have two hearts and breathe only through their skin
Octopuses have three hearts and breathe with gills
3. Why do cattle chew cud?
They regurgitate and rechew partly digested plant matter as part of ruminant digestion
They store seeds in their mouths for later
They use chewing to cool their bodies
They must sharpen their teeth after grazing
4. A chicken loosens dry soil and tosses it through her feathers. Which natural behavior is she performing?
Brooding
Dust bathing
Foraging by caching food
Rumination
5. In nutrition, what does it mean when a food protein is described as “complete”?
It contains no carbohydrate or fat
It supplies every vitamin the body requires
It provides all nine essential amino acids in sufficient proportions
It can be absorbed without being digested
6. Which food is a notable vegan source of the omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid, or ALA?
White rice
Cucumber
Coconut oil
Ground flaxseed
7. A winemaker says a wine was fined with isinglass. What makes that processing aid unsuitable for vegans?
It is a lactose-based milk derivative
It is traditionally made from fish swim bladders
It is produced from egg whites
It is obtained from beeswax
8. Based on the listed ingredients, which restaurant dish is clearly vegan?
Black bean tacos with corn tortillas, salsa, lettuce, and guacamole
Vegetable curry cooked with ghee
Mushroom risotto made with chicken stock
Pasta with basil pesto and Parmesan
9. Which addition can help the body absorb more non-heme iron from a lentil meal?
Replacing the lentils with refined rice
Black tea served with the meal
A calcium supplement taken at the same time
Vitamin C-rich bell peppers
10. A red food coloring is labeled carmine, cochineal extract, or E120. What is its traditional source?
Cochineal insects
Red seaweed
Beetroot concentrate
Crushed cherry stones
11. Which ingredient listed on a snack label is a protein derived from milk?
Lecithin
Pectin
Casein
Gluten
12. Which description of honey is biologically accurate?
It is flower nectar bottled directly by plants
It is wax melted from the walls of a hive
It is produced only from pollen carried on bees’ legs
It is made by bees from collected nectar and stored as food
13. In the typical dairy-production cycle, what biological event begins a cow’s period of milk production?
Growing adult teeth
Changing from grass to grain
Giving birth to a calf
Reaching a particular body weight
14. A packaged burger is described as “plant-based.” What is the soundest way to determine whether it meets vegan requirements?
Check the ingredients and relevant processing or allergen information
Judge it by whether it resembles meat
Assume it is vegan because plants are mentioned on the front
Check only whether it is labeled organic
15. Someone eating a varied vegan diet wants to secure the nutrient that generally requires a reliable fortified food or supplement source. Which nutrient is it?
Vitamin C
Vitamin B12
Vitamin K
Potassium
16. A packet of fruit-flavored gummy sweets lists gelatin. Why would conventional gelatin make the sweets non-vegan?
It is a sugar processed from honey
It is commonly produced from collagen in animal tissues
It is a milk protein used as a thickener
It is extracted from the shells of tree nuts