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The study of food components and important for maintaining good health
Nutrients
Natural or manufactured substances that are made to mimic natural foods are
Food Analogs
What did the canning process reduce?
food spoilage
What is the purpose of food labeling?
to give consumers accurate and useful information about a product.
The ___ oversees meat, poultry, and processed egg products: inspects processing plants; develops dietary guidance; and regulates organic foods.
USDA
Some of the earliest forms of food processing
Drying, salting, smoking, and cooking over open flame
Why was the USDA created?
To support the nation's farmers and ensure a stable food supply
the practice of transforming raw ingredients or foodstuffs into a different form for consumption, preservation, or easier cooking
Food processing
What is the basis for safe food handling?
Food code
Access to nutritious and safe foods?
Food security
The action of making something poorer in quality by adding another substance is
Adulteration
The entire process of the agricultural production of the food to the final consumer
Farm-To-Fork
Foods that came directly from a farm going into a kitchen
Farm-To-Table
What change was made to milk during the industrial revolution?
Pasteurization
What popularized cake and pancake mix?
Women entering the workforce during World War II
What are factors food scientists must consider when developing new food products?
Safety, cost, quality, and variety
the study of the chemical, biological, and physical properties of food to develop safe, nutritious, and palatable food products for people to eat.
food science
Corn syrup added to honey is an example of?
adulteration
What law prohibits the use of additives in food that is found to cause cancer?
The Delaney Clause
Which is the advantage of using cryogenic liquids to chill food?
The food has smaller ice crystals.
Cheese
Who was the head chemist of the USDA who helped develop the food and drug act?
Harvey Wiley
What packaged product was made during the industrial revolution to preserve food?
Canned foods
What are the 3 periods in the development of food?
Early Food Discoveries, Industrial Revolution, and Government Regulations.
Plants that can grow without soil?
Hydroponic crops