plumiRaising agents: AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition questions
Every AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition exam question on 3.3.2.5 Raising agents, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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Q01.9
The whole paper ↗Your answerQ03.6
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The whole paper ↗Your answerQ06.3
The whole paper ↗0 wordsQ01.8
The whole paper ↗Your answerQ01.16
The whole paper ↗Your answerQ05.2
The whole paper ↗0 wordsQ01.10
The whole paper ↗Your answerQ04.5
The whole paper ↗0 wordsQ01.19
The whole paper ↗Your answerQ06.2
The whole paper ↗0 wordsQ06.3
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All 12 questions on Raising agents, as a list
- June 2025, Written paper, Q01.9 (1 mark): Which raising agent is used to make meringue? [1 mark] A Air B Baking powder C Bicarbonate of soda D Yeast
- June 2025, Written paper, Q03.6 (3 marks): A raising agent is an ingredient or process that introduces a gas into a mixture. Name one baked product for each of the following raising agents. Do not repeat
- June 2024, Written paper, Q01.6 (1 mark): Which food uses steam as the main raising agent? [1 mark] A Cheese scones B Jam doughnuts C Swiss roll D Yorkshire pudding
- June 2024, Written paper, Q06.3 (4 marks): Problems have occurred when making the cake. Complete the table to identify two different reasons for each problem. Do not repeat your answers. [4 marks] Proble
- June 2023, Written paper, Q01.8 (1 mark): Which four conditions are needed for yeast fermentation? [1 mark] A Food, light, moisture and time B Food, light, salt and time C Food, moisture, time and warmt
- June 2023, Written paper, Q01.16 (1 mark): Rough puff pastry is made using which mechanical raising agent? [1 mark] A Beating B Creaming C Folding D Whisking
- June 2023, Written paper, Q05.2 (6 marks): A bread recipe is being used to make dough balls. A number of problems have occurred. Complete the table to identify two reasons for each problem. Do not repeat
- June 2022, Written paper, Q01.10 (1 mark): Which of the following are made using a chemical raising agent? [1 mark] A Doughnuts B Pasties C Profiteroles D Scones
- June 2022, Written paper, Q04.5 (6 marks): The table shows some problems when making the pizza and apple pie. Complete the table to show two reasons for each problem. Do not repeat your answers. [6 marks
- November 2021, Written paper, Q01.19 (1 mark): Which food uses steam as its main raising agent? [1 mark] A Cakes B Biscuits C Profiteroles D Scones
- November 2021, Written paper, Q06.2 (6 marks): The following ingredients are used to make bread: • warm water • bread flour • salt • yeast Complete the table to show two functional and/or chemical properties
- November 2021, Written paper, Q06.3 (6 marks): Cheese scones were made which had the following faults: • unpleasant flavour • heavy texture • uneven colour Complete the table to show two possible reasons for
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