A substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gasses within such mixtures
What is a leavener?
The organic acids that make up proteins
What are amino acids?
A category of organic compounds that are insoluble in water and have a greasy feel.
What is fats or lipids?
organic compounds needed in small amounts in the diet to help regulate body processes.
What are vitamins?
The method of preserving food by lowering the water content
what is dehydration?
A carbohydrate that contributes structure to jams and jellies. Hint: we used it when making jelly
What is pectin?
The 9 indispensable amino acids that must be supplied by foods in the diet because our bodies cannot make them on their own
What are essential amino acids?
Temperature at which fatty acids begin to break apart and produce smoke.
What is smoke point?
vitamins that have a polar molecular structure and dissolve in water and water-based liquids.
What are Water-soluble?
process in which a liquid is heated until pathogens have been destroyed
what is pasteurization?
Complex carbohydrates provide this in food preparation
What is structure?
Name for the type of protein that contains all 9 essential amino acids
What is complete?
Fatty acids that contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.
What is Saturated fatty acids?
Vitamins that can build up to toxic levels, causing harmful side effects, because they dissolve in the lipids in our bodies
What are fat soluble vitamins?
a fermented mix of soybeans and wheat common in Asian cooking
what is soy sauce?
Simple sugars that contain one basic molecule
What are monosaccharides?
Function of proteins in foods that changes the coloration of sugar from white to brown
What is caramelization?
Fatty acids that do not contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.
What is Unsaturated fatty acids?
Vitamin A, D, E, and K are examples of __________________ vitamins
What is fat soluble?
Quickly scalding a food in boiling water, then cooling it rapidly with cold or ice water
what is Blanching?
The most abundant of sugars, and people's main energy source
What is glucose?
name for the damage done to high-protein foods when they are cooked at high temperatures for too long
What is denaturation?
The process of adding hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated lipid to increase its saturation level
What is Hydrogenation?
Iron, Iodine, and Zinc are considered ____________ minerals because they are only needed in small amounts in the diet.
What are micro minerals?
an enzymatically controlled change in a food product brought on by the action of microorganisms
What is fermentation?