A baker’s dozen

The food pyramid quiz

Updated for the 2026 guidelines. Every answer comes with the receipt — a one-line explanation and its source. No sign-up, no tracking; your best score stays in your browser.

Whole foods — broccoli, apples, bread, eggs, salmon, cheese and carrots — arranged in the shape of a question mark

13 QUESTIONS · ~3 MINUTES

From Atwater’s tables to the upside-down pyramid — how well do you actually know the world’s most famous nutrition graphic?

Where the answers come from: every explanation cites its source inline — the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines (realfood.gov), USDA food-guide history archives, Harvard’s Nutrition Source, or the FAO’s registry of national guides. Full lists on the pyramid page, history and the atlas.