How to Make Recipes Healthier With AI Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. Besides tasting salty, what does salt do that makes simply leaving it out fall flat?
   • It adds sweetness to savory dishes
   • It suppresses bitterness and makes other flavors seem stronger
   • It thickens sauces as they simmer
   • It stops meat from browning too quickly
2. Why is cutting sugar harder in baked goods than in a savory sauce?
   • Sugar is the only sweetener that works at oven temperatures
   • Sugar is needed to activate baking soda
   • Sugar supplies most of the protein in cake batter
   • Sugar holds moisture, tenderizes, feeds browning and controls spread
3. About how big a sugar cut does the guide say many baked goods can tolerate?
   • Around 25 percent
   • Around 75 percent
   • All of it, if replaced with water
   • No more than 5 percent
4. Which is one reason the guide gives for AI calorie totals being wrong?
   • Calories cannot be calculated for home recipes
   • AI models only use metric units
   • Models generate plausible figures and can confuse raw and cooked weights
   • Nutrition databases are not available to the public
5. What does the guide recommend for getting accurate nutrition values for a rewritten recipe?
   • Asking the AI twice and averaging the two answers
   • A tool that multiplies real ingredient weights against a source like USDA FoodData Central
   • Copying the claims printed on the front of packages
   • Estimating from a photo of the finished dish
6. What is the Daily Value for sodium used on US nutrition labels, as stated in the guide?
   • 2,300 milligrams
   • 1,000 milligrams
   • 5,000 milligrams
   • 500 milligrams
7. What output format does the guide suggest for making nutrition errors easy to spot?
   • A single rounded total per serving
   • Calories only, without fat or sodium
   • A short summary paragraph
   • A per-ingredient table with weights and sources
8. Which belief about healthier cooking does the guide say is mistaken?
   • Roasting instead of deep frying can reduce fat
   • Adding vegetables and fiber can improve a dish
   • A healthier recipe has to use processed diet products
   • Portion size affects the nutrition per serving