Food Quality Flashcards
What is food quality?
Food quality is the degree of excellence of a food and includes all the characteristics of a food that are significant and that make the food acceptable.
What are the two types of evaluation?
Sensory (subjective) and objective tests
What type of test uses the five senses?
Sensory
Objective test use what to evaluate food products?
Equipment
How can you analyze color?
HunterLab colorimeter
Photovoltaic reflectance colorimeter
How can you analyze texture?
TA.XTplus Texture Analyzer
True or False. pH is temperature dependent.
True
What does a voltmeter measure?
The potential difference between the two electrodes.
How do you calibrate the pH meter standard of operation?
Standard buffer solutions
With the two-point calibration what is established?
A linear standard curve
What is yellowness index?
A number that indicate the degree of departure of an object from colorless toward yellow.
