Chapter 1 Food Selection Flashcards

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The 5 criteria for sensory evaluation

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Sight, odor, taste, touch, and sound

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The 5 ways that eyes receive first impression of foods

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Shape, color, consistency, serving size, appearance

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Volatile Molecules

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Molecules capable of evaporating like a gas into the air

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4
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Olfactory

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Relating to the sense of smell

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5
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The 2 Classifications of Odor

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6 groupings: Spicy, flowery, fruity, resinous, burnt, foul

4groupings: Fragrant (sweet), acid (sour), burnt, caprylic (goaty)

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6
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Volatile molecules travel through the air and are detected by the ______ ______.

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Olfactory cells

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7
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The most influential factor in food selection

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Taste

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8
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Gustatory

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Relating to the sense of taste

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9
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Taste occurs when a substance ______________.

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…stimulates the taste buds

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10
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Gustatory Cells

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Taste buds connected to the brain via nerve cells

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In order to be tasted, a substance must be _____

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…dissolved in 99.5% liquid or saliva

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12
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Olfactory Nerve

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Where nerve endings go to dissolve gas into saliva; approx the size of a stamp

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13
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Trigeminal Nerve

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Senses pain (ie pepper)

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14
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The 3 important factors of odor

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Volatile, solubility (dissolves gas into saliva), concentration (to detect odor)

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15
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The factor to determining taste is the degree to which _______

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… a compound can be dissolved

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16
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

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9th nerve of taste, in back of the mouth

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17
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The 5 taste stimuli

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Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, savory

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18
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Taste Interactions

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When compounds that contribute to taste combine to create new tastes

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19
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3 Factors affecting taste

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Genetic variation among individuals, temperature of food or beverage, variety in available food (repeatedly eating the same food decreases the taste)

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20
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Flavor

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The combined sense of taste, odor, and mouthfeel

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21
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Aroma provides ___% of the impression of flavor

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75%

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22
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3 Factors Affecting Touch

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Texture, (perceived through sight, touch, and mouthfeel), Consistency (Firmness, Thickness), Astringency (Dry, Puckery feeling in mouth)

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Chemethesis

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Perceiving heat and coolness in foods that are not physically hot (chili peppers) or cold (mints)

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24
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Hearing is affected by ____

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… water content

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25
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Sound: Crunching is more/less desirable, bending is more/less desirable

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more; less

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26
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The 2 US Government Documents for Nutritional Criteria

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Dietary Guidelines (2010, written every 5 years), My Pyramid (Visual guide based on dietary guidelines to help individuals make better food and lifestyle choices).

27
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MyPyramid’s 6 food groups

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  1. Complex Carbohydrates
  2. Vegetables
  3. Fruits
  4. Milk
  5. Meat and Beans
  6. Oil
28
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The most important thing on the Food Pyramid for the Elderly. Why is it most important for them?

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Water; They lose their sensation of thirst

29
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C.A.M.

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Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

30
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Nutraceutical

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Bioactive compound (nutrient and non-nutrient) that has health benefits

31
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Monograph

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A summary sheet (fact sheet) describing a substance in terms of name (common and scientific), chemical constituents, functional uses (medical and common), dosage, side effects, drug interactions, and references

32
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Functional Food

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Food or beverage with a physiological benefit - enhances overall health, prevents or treats a disease/condition, or improves physical/mental performance.

33
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The 3 Influences of Dietary Guidelines

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  1. Consumer dietary changes (Less fat and red meat, more fruits and veggies)
  2. Health Focus (Reduce chronic disease, boost intake of nutrients ie calcium, fiber, Vitamin A/C, Potassium)
  3. C.A.M.(Complimentary and Alternative Medicine)
34
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Conventional (Whole) Foods

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Foods that are minimally processed

35
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Fortified Foods

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Wasn’t there, added it in

36
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Enriched Foods

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Was there, processing took it out, so they put it back in

37
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Enhanced Foods

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Made it better (ie added protein)

38
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The 4 types of functional foods

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Conventional Foods, Modified Foods, Medical Foods, Foods for special dietary use

39
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Benefits of conventional food

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Cancer risk reduction, heart health, intestinal health maintenance (probiotics), Urinary tract function (cranberry juice lowers bacteria concentration in urine)

40
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Modified Foods

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Modified through fortification, enrichment, or enhancement

41
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Medical Foods

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Formulated for specific management of a disease/condition, administered and managed by physician, not available via retail sale.

42
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Foods for Special Dietary Use

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Available via retail sale, baby formula, lactose-free food, reduced acid coffee, weight reduction (slim fast, special k)

43
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Nutrigenomics

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Focused on genetically-determined biochemical pathways linking specific dietary substances with health and disease. Enables people to select certain foods for optimal health or reduced risk of chronic disease.

44
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To maintain a healthy weight, women should consume approximately _____ calories each day

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1600

45
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To maintain a healthy weight, men should consume approximately ________calories each day

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2400-2600

46
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Calories “In Balance”

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Calories Consumed = Calories Burned

47
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Calories “In Excess”

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Calories Consumed > Calories Burned

48
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Calories “In Deficit”

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Calories Consumed < Calories Burned

49
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4 Cultural influences of food habits

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Ethnic infuences, place of birth, geography and climate, manners

50
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Food & Christianity

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No specific food taboos; significance attached to certain foods such as fish

51
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Foods & Buddhism

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Considered uncompassionate to eat the flesh of another living creature; vegetarianism often allowed

52
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Foods & Hinduism

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Soul is all-important, uniting all beings as one; cow is sacred; vegetarianism promoted among some, not all, followers

53
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Foods & Seventh Day Adventist Church

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Vegetarianism is recommended; between meal snacks are discouraged

54
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Foods & Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church)

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Vegetarianism is supported; no alcohol, tea, coffee, caffeine; discouragement of alcohol and illegal drugs

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Foods & Islam

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Halal dietary food laws; no animals, blood, improper slaughtering, carrion, intoxicants

56
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Foods & Judaism

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The Kashruth - Dietary laws adhered to by orthodox Jews; three food groups: meat, dairy, and pareve (neither meat nor dairy); allowed: kosher animals; not allowed: blood, mixing meat and milk

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9 Psychological & Sociological Criteria in Food Selection

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Sense of security, Social Conscience/Peer Pressure, Display of Status/hospitality, Informational Influences (advertising), Environmentally sound foods, GMOs, Organic Foods, Natural Food, Cost

58
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USDA Criteria for a “Natural” Food

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1) Does not contain an artificial ingredient, a chemical preservative, or any other synthetic/artificial ingredient.
2) Product and it’s ingredients are minimally processed

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S.N.A.P.

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program)

60
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Thrifty Food Plan

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Calculates what an average family needs to spend on food

61
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100% Organic

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100% made of organic material; may use USDA organic stamp

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Organic

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95% made of organic material; may use USDA organic stamp

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Made with Organic Ingredients

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70% or more of product is made of organic material; No stamp, but can say “made with organic ingredients”

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Contains Organic Ingredients

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70% or less of product is organic; No stamp; Can only list organic ingredients in nutritional facts