fp definitions

Question 1

proteins

Answer 1

nutrient your body needs to grow and repair cells, and to work properly

Question 2

fats

Answer 2

nutrients in food that the body uses to build cell membranes, nerve tissue (including the brain), and hormones

Question 3

carbohydrates

Answer 3

the body’s main fuel source.

Question 4

macronutrients

Answer 4

the nutrients we need in larger quantities that provide us with energy: fat, protein and carbohydrate

Question 5

micronutrients

Answer 5

vitamins and minerals needed by the body in very small amounts

Question 6

raising agents

Answer 6

Raising agents help cakes to ‘rise’ by producing gas which expands in doughs and mixtures when they’re heated.

Question 7

nutrition

Answer 7

The taking in and use of food and other nourishing material by the body.

Question 8

functional properties

Answer 8

how ingredients behave during preparation and cooking, how they affect the finished food product in terms of how it looks, tastes, and feels.

Question 9

shortening

Answer 9

a fat, solid at room temperature, which can be used to give foods a crumbly and crisp texture such as pastry.

Question 10

gelatinisation

Answer 10

happens when starch absorbs liquid and bursts, thickening the liquid.