NEA1 Tasks for September 2025. You will need to select and complete only 1 task!

Title: NEA1 - Food Science investigation

Link to AQA Specification overview

NEA 1 presentation.pptx

NEA 1 Presentation

NEA 1 Checklist.pdf

NEA 1 Checklist, Marksheet & Food Science Glossary

NEA1 Exemplars and Commentaries.pdf

AQA NEA 1 Examples & Commentaries

NEA1 Support Booklet 2026.pptx

Student Support Guide NEA1

NEA 1 Sensory Analysis Table.xlsx

NEA1 Sensory Analysis - Although you can only view this file, please make a copy of it and use it to create the sensory analysis for your investigation. Remember to change the title above the chart to reflect each separate investigation.

NEA 1 Tables

NEA1 Sensory Analysis - Although you can only view this file, please make a copy of it and use it to create the sensory analysis for your investigation. Remember to change the title above the chart to reflect each separate investigation.

Viscosity sheet_rotated.pdf

Viscosity Chart

Copy of NEA1Food-min.pdf

NEA 1 - Food Investigation Tasks - J Ridgewell

Stuck on how to properly reference when getting research from a book? Check out below:

Your reference should appear as follows:

Author, I. N. (Year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.

For example:

Rogers, C. R. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Tull, A & Littlewood, G. (2016). AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition: Student Book: Illuminate Publishing

NEA1 Basic Format & Layout

Section A: Research (6 Marks)

Task:

Keywords:

Research:

Hypotheses:

Plan of action:

Section B: Results (15 Marks)

Method:

Data (tables & graphs):

Photos:

Sensory Testing (appearance/taste/texture/smell):

Section C: Evaluation (9 Marks)

Refer to Hypotheses, were they correct? Why? Explain the food science

Improvements (if I were to do this again my investigation could be improved by...):

Bibliography

Potential Sources:

AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition textbook - Easyfood.ie - Science of cooking - Thesprueeats.com - Great British Chefs Kitchen aid - The sugar association - British nutrition foundation - Mybakingaddiction.com - Let's talk science Food facts textbook - Sugar.org - GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition Revision Guide - CGP