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Are These Chips Too Delicious?/Love at First Crunch
By Amy Hamrick
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Question 1
1.
What first created a need for flavorists?
More processed food was sold.
People wanted more snack foods
Scientists learned people can taste five flavors.
People started having more health problems.
Question 2
2.
Which line best supports the answer to question 1?
“Some experts believe food companies aim to make foods nearly impossible to resist.”
“Our power to sense flavors has helped humans survive.”
“. . . your tongue is pretty lost without your nose.”
“The first flavorists had to try to make processed foods taste fresh.”
Question 3
3.
What does synthetic mean in the quote “Some chemicals are natural . . . Others are synthetic”?
made by nature
flavorful
made by people
fresh
Question 4
4.
The sidebar “Yum Around the World” is probably included because it shows . . .
the process of making new flavors.
how companies use popular tastes in other countries to create snack flavors
products used to create new flavors.
the most popular snack flavors in the United States
Question 5
5.
People tend to like chips because they...
are thick like fries
crunch like crackers
crunch like fresh foods
are hard like peanuts
Question 6
6.
Both “Are These Chips Too Delicious” and “Love at First Crunch” describe how snack foods are ______.
healthy
hard to resist
loud
expensive
Question 7
7.
What is a flavorist? Use details from “Are These Chips Too Delicious?” to support your answer.
Question 8
8.
How do food companies make snacks that are hard to stop eating? Support your answer with details from both texts.