Children don't know what fruit looks like
Many children in the UK are not able to recognise the simplest fresh fruit and vegetables, according to new research.
One in five 11-to-13-year-olds say they do not know what a potato looks like before it is made into chips and one third are unable to identify a bunch of celery.
Asked to name 40 items from a greengrocer's stall oranges were the most identifiable fruit with all the girls quizzed managing to recognize it, though it did leave two percent of boys baffled.
A pomegranate proved more tricky with only eight percent able to name it and only 4.5 percent of children recognised a turnip.
Tracey Kitchener-Kemp, from restaurant chain Tootsies, who commissioned the research said: "I'm a huge supporter of the recommended five-a-day portions of fruit and veg, but how can we expect them to try different kinds of food if they don't know what they look like in the first place?"
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