Food Composition
This disaccharide is used commonly when baking.
What is sucrose?
Olfactory is the word that best describes this sense.
What is the sense of smell?
The overall name of illnesses transmitted to humans through food.
What are foodborne illnesses?
Heat from an electrical coil or gas flame touches a pan that heats the pan's contents.
What is conduction?
Apples and pears, with their seeds contained in a central core, are called____
What are pomes?
Fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water
What are the 6 main components of food (i.e., essential nutrients?
Taste, odor, and mouthfeel
What is flavor?
When the temperature of perishable foods is between 40 degrees F and 140 degrees F (we call this ____).
What is the "temperature danger zone"?
The cooking method where food simmers in a small amount of liquid in a covered pot or casserole dish.
What is braising?
Overmixing when using this method of mixing will produce a product that is tough.
What is the muffin method of mixing?
The puckering feeling in your mouth caused by tannins.
What is astringency?
You might use this physical test to measure the consistency of batters and other viscous foods.
What is a line test?
It is the most common foodborne illness and can be found in many food products, such as poultry, vegetable, and beef products.
What is salmonella?
This food component functions to transfer heat, as a solvent, and a medium for which chemical reactions take place.
What is water?
What are root vegetables?
Most vegetable oils are a good source of this fatty acid.
What are polyunsaturated fats?
Using chemical reactions to extract and quantify specific nutrients from a food sample.
What is the chemical test of nutrient analysis?
Foods higher in protein and water
What are foods that have a higher risk for contributing to foodborne illness?
Generating heat via resistance to a magnetic field.
What is induction?
These plant pigments act as antioxidants and are susceptible to damage from heat, light, and oxygen.
What are carotenoids?
Containing all 9 of the essential amino acids, these proteins are almost exclusively found in animal products.
What are complete proteins?
The process by which water splits a larger molecule into two smaller molecules.
What is hydrolysis?
The transfer of harmful bacteria or a food allergen to food from other foods, cutting boards, and utensils through improper handling.
What is cross contamination?
The transfer of energy via electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
Soft wheat is best for producing this kind of flour.
What is cake flour?