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Chemical compounds found in food that help the body maintain optimal health.
What are Nutrients?
Overconsumption of sodium may lead to this condition.
What is hypertension?
Assessing one’s own establishment and competitors’ using 4 different criteria.
What is SWOT Analysis?
A severe allergic reaction that can cause closing of the throat, drop in blood pressure, and unconsciousness.
What is anaphylaxis?
A document or strategy that is devised to increase an operation’s visibility to its target market and, ultimately, its revenue.
What is a marketing plan?
A numerical calculation that expresses the relationship between an individual’s height and weight.
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
The process of making unsaturated oils more saturated.
What is hydrogenation?
The use of scientific methods to accurately determine the nutrient content in food.
What is laboratory analysis?
A disease causing microorganism.
What is a pathogen?
Part of the promotional mix. This includes special incentives to get customers to purchase new items, such as coupons or BOGO.
What is sales promotion?
A U.S. document, published every 5 years, that provides health information and dietary advice for people aged 2 and older.
What is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
The classification of carbohydrates that include monosaccharides and disaccharides.
What are simple carbohydrates?
Ingredients that are added into food to perform specific functions, preventing spoilage, extending shelf life, or to maintain a certain texture.
What are food additives?
A banquet room, dining room, or patio are all forms of revenue generating sources known as this.
What is a strategic business segment?
A statement informing customers that there is no guarantee of satisfaction, legal warranty, or responsibility accepted.
What is a menu disclaimer?
The average daily dietary intake that sufficiently nourishes roughly 98% of healthy individuals of a specific age and gender group.
What is Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)?
Powerful antioxidants found in many fruits and vegetables especially cruciferous vegetables.
What are phytochemicals/phytonutrients?
Food that has undergone any type of planned or deliberate change before consumption.
What are processed foods?
In celiac disease, the inability to properly absorb nutrients can lead to this condition.
What is malabsorption?
An expressed or implied statement on the menu that explains the relationship of a substance to a disease or health.
What is a health claim?
The process by which living organisms breakdown complex chemicals into their components and reassemble them into other molecules needed by the body.
What is metabolism?
A complex carbohydrate such as starches or fiber that is composed of long chains of glucose molecules.
What are polysaccharides?
Modifying living organisms in order to produce something of use, such as cheese or wine.
What is Agricultural Biotechnology?
Under Kosher food laws these food items (eggs, seafood, fruits, and/or vegetables) can be consumed with either meat or milk.
What is pareve?
These laws require that restaurants represent its food correctly to customers, such as preparation methods, ingredients, origin, size, and accuracy of nutrient content or health claims.
What is truth-in-menu?