food quality Flashcards
what is quality
quality means fitness for use
why do we process food
Improving food safety
Preserving/enhancing nutrition
Palatability: Taste, flavour, appearance, texture
Storage
Function/Convenience
What should a food product be free from
Pathogenic micro-organisms
Toxic and Carcinogenic compounds
Physical hazards
Allergens (within reason)
What is Food Safety managed through
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Factors that influence quality
Food safety, nutrition, function, pleasure, symbolic and social, morality,
Nutrience in food provides
Growth, maintenance, and good health
Extrasensory perception (Esp.) important for
Infant foods, fruits and vegetables
How does the factor ‘Function’ influence quality
The consumer must be able to handle the product in a way they like.
Flexibility of applications
Time/convenience
Indirect pleasure form food
The process of cooking, the environment the food is eaten in
Direct pleasure from food
Taste, flavour, texture
Examples of situational foods
Religious or social festivals, time of year, time of day, age, celebratory foods, comfort foods
Examples of self (or community) imposed restrictions under morality
Food origins (free range, organic), Food processing (halal, kosher), restriction on ingredients (vegetarian or vegan, halal, kosher).
Does morality have a lot of overlap with symbolic and social factors – T or F
True
What is a moral effect on others
Climate change, fair trade
Factors that improve and influence quality
Improving food safety, preserving/enhancing nutrition, palatability: (taste, flavour, appearance, texture), storage, function/convenience
