THE SUPERFOODS SURVEYBY THE ITALIAN TEAM

After having searched information about Superfoods, explored and studied them,exchanged foods,prepared recipes and menus,listened to the chefs lessons … now it ìs time to discover, to test how the “Superfoods” are used in our daily diet, which is own favourite superfood and as a consequence , which is the most eaten food and as frequently we consume it.So, we ‘ve decided to survey the students of the 3rd classes that were not involved into this project and we interviewed 90 students ; the questions we asked were the following:

1 Which is your favourite ………………………?2 How often do you eat it ?

for each category: fruits,dried fruits, legumes, vegetables, superfoods.

The students who answered to the questions of the survey were 90 totally.

The list of the fruits was :-Apple-Bergamot-Figs- Grapes-Kiwi--Lemon-- Orange-- Pomegranate-Quince--Tangerine-Watermelon

The list of the dried fruits was :-Chestnut-Nuts-Raisins- Wallnuts

The list of the vegetables was :

-Artichoke-Cabbage-Iceberg lettuce- Mushrooms-Z ucchini

The list of the FOOD was :- Dark Chocolate - Pasta-Eggs - Rice-Fish - Vinegar-Honey - Yoghurt- Juice-Olive oil

Which is your favourite fruit ?

11%0%5%

13%

6%

9%17%

7%

17%

15%

Which is your favourite fruit ?

apple bergamotfigsgrapeskiwilemonorangepomegranateTangerinewatermelon (xigua)

How often do you eat it?

1 45

2

4717

6

6

Numbers of days a week

bergamotfigsgrapeskiwilemonorangepomegranateTangerinewatermelon (xigua)apple

Which is your favourite dried fruit ?

30%

34%

3%

33%

Dried Fruit

ChestnutsNutsRaisinsWallnuts

How often do you eat it ?

3

51

4

Numbers of days a week

ChestnutNutsRaisinsWallnuts

Which is your favourite vegetable?

7% 4%

27%

21%

27%

13%

vegetables

artichokeCabbagesIceberg LettuceMushroomsTomatoesZucchini

How often do you eat vegetables ?

1 1

6

2

7

2

Number of days a week

artichokecabbagesiceberg LettuceMushroomsTomatoesZucchini

Which is your favourite legume?

39%

19%

42%

legumes

Beanschickpeaslentils

How often do you eat them?

1

1

2

number of days

beansChickpeaslentils

Which is your favourite food ?

8%9%

12%

7%

15%14%

13%

10%3%

10%

FOODdark chocolateeggfishhoneyjuiceolive oilpastaricevinegaryoghurt

How often do you eat it ?

22 3

1

67

7

115

number of days per weekdark chocolateEggFishhoneyJuiceOlive oilpastaRicevinegaryoghurt

But that’s not all.After that, we decided to interview the teachers, our class teachers (12) accepted to answer our sheet survey (That you will see below) At the end, we put all together and the study that derived from that is shown in the following slides.

The same questions were asked to 12 teachers and here are the results ….

Which is your favourite fruit ?

14%

6%

9%

9%

10%10%

10%

4%

1%

13%

13%

FRUITapplebergamotfigsgrapeskiwilemonorangepomegranatequincetangerinexigua

How often do you eat it?

5 4

4

545

6

1

5 5

days per week

ApplebergamotFigGrapeskiwiLemonOrangePomegranateQuinceTangerineXigua

Which is your favourite dried fruit ?

22%

30%

19%

30%

Dried Fruit

ChestnutNutsRaisinsWallnut

How often do you eat it?

2

31

5

Days per week

ChestnutNutsRaisinsWallnuts

38%

23%

38%

Legumes

BeansChickpeasLentils

Which is your favourite legume?

How often do you eat it ?

2

1

2

Days per week

Beanschickpeaslentils

18%

4%

22%

11%

24%

20%

Vegetables

ArtichokeCabbagesIceberg LettuceMushroomsTomatoesZucchini

Which is your favourite vegetable?

How often do you eat them ?

3 1

6

27

4

Days per week

artichokeCabbagesIceberg LettuceMushroomsTomatoesZucchini

10%8%

13%

6%

6%14%

14%

11%

8%10%

Superfood

dark ChocolateEggfishHoneyjuiceOlive oilPastaRicevinegarYoghurt

Which is your favourite food ?

How often do you eat it ?

22

3

1

2

76

2

44

Days per week

Dark chocolateEggsFishHoneyJuiceOlive oilPastaRiceVinegarYoghurt

The two interviews show that teenagers like and eat sweet fruits ( nobody eats bergamot or quince ,for example), they eat little legumes, the sweetest vegetables ,eggs ,pasta…On the contrary, adults like legumes, don’t prefer the sweetest fruit as figs or grapes, but both like pasta ,oil, tomatoes , being Italians !!We think our survey has been useful and worthwhile to realise how the food is considered by those students who did not know what a Superfood was .The students became aware and the teachers too !Thanks to our eTwinning project!