History
The time period that we started to see a transition of subsistence farming towards farming to provide for industrialized cities?
What is theCivil War/Reconstruction Period
Heinz Advocated for this Federal Act that he thought would destroy his competition
the 1906 Food and Drug Act,
Which made the FDA, to regulate food producers.
Any substance shown to cause _______ in man, or animal, may not be added to any food prduct.
What is: Cancer
(2 possible answers)
Ascorbic Acid/Vitamin C,
or
Antioxidant
What is Scurvy?
the rotting of gums/loss of teeth from a lack of Vitamin C
John Pemberton Invented this:
What is Coca-Cola
The FDA monitors and Regulates ________ to make sure they are safe for consumption under a wide variety of consumption situations.
What is: Food Additives
in recent years this common dye has been scrutinized and possibly linked to the development of ADD and/or ADHD
What is Red 40
What is an example of a flavor enhancer?
MSG (we tried this in class)
Beet/Cane Sugar, Honey, Dextrose, Molasses, Sorbitol, Citric Acid
What is Rickets
The curvature of bones that are not supposed to be curved, resulting from a lack of bone support.
Milton Hershey started designing and building what before having a chocolate recipe?
A city and factory worth millions of dollars.
Without __________, the vast majority of our food supply would rot/be gone in about 2 weeks.
Companies Pay ________ to perform animal trials for their products to prove it's safety to the FDA
Many of which being land grant universities that were started during/after the civil war.
What is an example of a coloring agent?
Blue #1
Red #3
Yellow #5
Red #40
Others?
What is Goiter
Hyper swelling of the thyroid - AKA Frog Neck
Sanders was what before creating the worlds best chicken?
Someone who couldn't hold a job, gas station owner, and possibly a murderer.
By adding _______ you preserve food by lowering the pH level
Acid, or Vinegar, are both acceptable.
What widely eaten product today was cheap, and easy to obtain during the great depresion to stave off starvation, and illness due to its processing and safety
Milk Chocolate
What is a Humectant?
What is something that adds/holds moisture in a container to keep the product from drying out.
How did Pellagra affect people
Typically Oysters or fish,
As a sauce to cover the taste of rotting/putrid Meat
Clarence Birdseye discovered This while living in Western Canada
Fast Freezing caused smaller Ice Crystals, meaning food was better preserved.
What are three examples of a preservative?
Sodium Nitrate/Cure
Salt
Sugar
Salt Petre/Potassium Nitrate
Acids/Vinegar
Fermentation through Bacteria
the 3 most widely used additives
What is Sugar, Salt, and Corn Syrup?
(making up 93% of all additives used in the U.S.)
Food Fortification efforts started during ________ as an effort to make sure everyone got the required nutrition while the country rationed food.
World War 2,
However we first started some fortification as early as the 1920s as a result of research conducted during the first World War.