Final Exam Flashcards
“A product containing no artificial ingredient or added color and is only minimally processed.”
“Nothing artificial or synthetic has been included in or has been added to food that would not normally be expected in that food”
Natural foods
Natural fertilizers, eco-friendly pest control, protect soil and water
Roam freely outdoors; protect animal welfare, no growth hormones or antibiotics
No GMOs, traced from farm to store, no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives
Organic foods
Plant crossbreeding; WWII
Green revolution
GMO means…
Genetically Modified Organisms
8 major food allergies…
Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat
What is a functional food?
Nutraceuticals
Ex. beta-glucan
Chemical compounds in some plants that have biological activity that may contribute positively to human health
Phytochemicals
Less than 5 cals
Calorie free
40 cals or less
Low calorie
25% less cals than original product
Reduced calorie
Less than 0.5 sugars and no ingredient that is a sugar
Sugar free
25% less sugar than original product
Reduced sugar or less sugar
No sugar or sugar-containing ingredient added during processing or packaging
No added sugar
Less than 0.5g fat and no ingredient is fat
Fat free
3g fat or less
Low fat
1g or less of saturated fat, and 15% or less of the calories coming from sat. fat
Low in saturated fat
Less than 10g of fat, 4.5g of saturated fat, 95mg of cholesterol
Lean
Less than 5g of fat, 2g of saturated fat, and 95mg of cholesterol
Extra lean
At least 50% less fat than the regular product
Light (lite)
Less than 2 mg of cholesterol and no ingredient that contains cholesterol
Cholesterol free
20mg or less of cholesterol
Low cholesterol
At least 25% less cholesterol than original product
Reduced cholesterol
Less than 5mg of sodium and no ingredient that is sodium chloride or contains sodium
Sodium free
35mg or less of sodium
Very low sodium
140mg or less of sodium
Low sodium
At least 25% less sodime than original product
Reduced sodium
At least 50% less sodium than original product
Light or lite sodium
50% less sodium than normally added
Lightly salted
20% or more of the DV for fiber
High fiber
10-19% of the DV for fiber
Good source of fiber
Energy required to change substance into solid state
Water = 333.55joules/gram; 80cal of energy
Heat of fusion
Unit of energy that is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1C
Calorie
1 food calorie =
1000 physical calories
Heat energy absorbed in the conversion of water to steam
Heat of vaporization
The boiling point drops 1 degree for every…
500-foot rise
Water that is bound to other substances
Bound water
Amount of water in food
Water content
Measures availability of unbound or free water that can support microbial growth
Water activity
Contains salts of Ca and Mg
Hard water
Treated with lime or ion exchange resins
Soft water
Energy transferred to food thru physical movement
Mechanical
Direct transfer of heat energy from its source to the surface of the food
Radiant
Uses cooktop-containing coil that creates a changing magnetic field that interacts with iron in cookware
Induction
Thermal energy transmitted directly from heat source when it contacts the pan
Conduction
Transfer of heat by the circulation of currents of hot air or liquid resulting from change in density
Convection
Effort of pressure to be in gaseous state rather than liquid state
Vapor pressure
Loss of molecules from a liquid that occurs at the surface as a result of vapor pressure
Evaporation
Tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink the minimum surface area possible
Surface tension
A mixture of different substances
Dispersion
Phase in which the substance is suspended
Continuous phase
Ex. Water in milk
Liquid dispersed in droplets in another liquid
Emulsion
Solid dispersed in a liquid
Sol
Liquid in a solid medium
Gel
Gases dispersed in a medium-like liquid
Foam
3-10 monosaccharide units
Ogliosaccharides
Glucose is a…
aldose
Fructose is a…
ketose
Galactose is a…
aldose
Mannose is a…
aldose
Gulose is a…
aldose
Sorbose is a…
ketose
L or D-sugar is biologically active
D-sugar
5C sugars…
Ribose, arabinose, xylose
FODMAP means…
Fermentable Ogliosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols
Polysaccharide composed of glucose units (a-1,4)
Dextrin
Polysaccharide found in bacteria and yeast (a-1,6)
Dextran
Starch is made of…
amylose and amylopectin
Blue color when iodine is added
17-30% starch content
Amylose
Purple-red color when iodine is added
Amylopectin
Alpha bond points…
down
Polymer of fructose
Inulin
Comes from guar beans…
Guar gum
Fermentation of sugars…
Xanthan gum
Comes from red algae
Agar
Comes from seaweed
carrageenan
Ability to hold and attract water
hygroscopicity
Sugars from most to least soluble
Fructose
Sucrose
Glucose
Maltose
Lactose
Sugar molecule split into its monosaccharide components by the addition of water
Saccharification
Opening of ring structure as a prelude to breakdown of sugars
degradation
Oxidation of sugar
caramelization
Chemical reaction between AAs and reducing sugars that gives food a browned color
Maillard reactions
What sugar doesn’t participate in maillard reaction?
sucrose
Sugar that has a free carbonyl
Reducing sugar
HFCS contains what % fructose and what % glucose?
55:45
Sweet n Low; 300-400x sweeter
Excreted in urine, 0cals
Saccharin
Equal; 200x sweeter
Phenylalanine, Aspartic acid, methanol
Metabolized in GI tract; 4kcal/g
Aspartame
Splenda; 600x sweeter
Made from sucrose
Replaced OH w Cl
Sucralose
Truvia; 200x sweeter
Extracted steviol glycosides from leaves
Backbone metabolized
Stevia
Found in figs and rasins; 70% as sweet
Excreted in urine
Allulose
Monogrosides; 250x sweeter
Minimal absorption
Monk fruit
Lactose monosaccharides…
Glucose + Galactose
Sucrose monosaccharides…
Glucose + Fructose
Maltose monosaccharides…
Glucose + Glucose
Heat breaking H bonds in starch granule, lets water into granule
Gelatinization
What happens when heating is continued after gelatinization has occurred?
Pasting
Starch with stringy texture
Potato
Least effective starch
Wheat
Formation of 3D network by chemical or physical cross-linking
Gelation
Waxy forms a _____ gel
no
Arrowroot forms a _____ gel
soft