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CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science, memorised in year one.

Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 15 topics you are actually sitting in Northern Ireland this summer.

  • AS of 3310
  • 15 topics
  • 74 subtopics

What CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science covers, and what it leaves out

CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science is the first year of the 3310 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in 2 units, AS 1 and AS 2. This page holds only what the AS examines: 15 topics across 74 subtopics, 1,161 active recall questions, starting with Protein, Fat and Carbohydrate. The 11 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.

Starting the second year? The full CCEA A-Level Nutrition and Food Science page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.

CCEA GCE Nutrition and Food Science, subject code 3310, qualification number 601/8371/8 (A level), version 2, 17 September 2018. Read the CCEA specification ↗

How it is assessed

Unit AS 1

Principles of Nutrition

  • PROTEIN
  • FAT
  • CARBOHYDRATE
  • VITAMINS
  • MINERALS
  • WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS
  • NUTRITION THROUGH LIFE

Unit AS 2

Diet, Lifestyle and Health

  • EATING PATTERNS
  • ENERGY AND ENERGY BALANCE
  • OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY
  • CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • CANCER
  • TYPE 2 DIABETES
  • ALCOHOL
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The full specification

15 topics, 74 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01Protein5 subtopics
02Fat5 subtopics
03Carbohydrate5 subtopics
04Vitamins7 subtopics
05Minerals6 subtopics
06Water and Other Fluids4 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

No account needed. Answer from memory first.

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What happens to amino acids that are not needed to build tissue?

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Explain why beans on toast is a good example of protein complementation.

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What is mycoprotein and how is it produced?

Spaced Repetition Schedule

How reviews are timed

Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.

Interval sequence

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What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material

1Closed book
2Open book
3Closed book

See a huge jump in your memorisation

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

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Fat
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Vitamins

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

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Blank Blitz consolidates the facts

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

AThe man's intake is 75% of the RNI.
BThe working is 30 ÷ 40 × 100 = 75%.
CThe intake is well above the LRNI.

Build It trains answer structure

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

Overweight means an adult BMI from 25 up to 29.9.
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Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

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Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Nutrition and Food Science revision questions

Common questions about revising CCEA AS-Level Nutrition and Food Science. Tap any to open it.

What is on CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science?

15 topics across 74 subtopics, examined in AS 1 and AS 2. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is Protein, Fat, Carbohydrate, Vitamins, Minerals, Water and Other Fluids and more.

Does AS Nutrition and Food Science count towards the full A level?

Yes. In Northern Ireland the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full CCEA A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 3310 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.

What is the difference between AS and A level Nutrition and Food Science?

AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 11 further topics, among them Food Security and Food Poverty, Food Sustainability, Food Waste, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.

When do you sit CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science?

Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 1,161 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 6 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.

How should you revise for AS Nutrition and Food Science?

By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 15 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.

Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?

Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Northern Ireland the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.

How many questions are there for CCEA AS Nutrition and Food Science?

1,161, written from the 3310 subject content and grouped into 74 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.

Can you use Levo for just the AS year?

Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.

Every question in Nutrition and Food Science, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

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