Lecture 16

Question 1

Founder of the modern frozen food industry

Answer 1

Clarence Birdseye

Question 2

Processing can result in what? And how?

Answer 2

Loss of key vitamins and nutrients through:

• oxidation
• heat
• leaching
• mechanical wounding
• reactions with ingredients
• light

Question 3

What does enriched mean?

Answer 3

putting those nutrients lost back in to the food

Question 4

What does fortified mean?

Answer 4

Putting in vitamins and nutrients in that were not there to being with
Ex. Milk

Question 5

Canning

Answer 5

High heat and pressure

Question 6

Nicolas Francois Appert

Answer 6

Father of Canning (1809)

- The french needed a way to feed the troops on the move, and he came up with a way

Question 7

Cardboard Boxes

Answer 7

Kellogg Brothers

• 1st used for cereals (1906)
• produced in England in (1817)
• Thomas Edison created wax paper to keep the food fresher

Question 8

Margaret E. Knight

Answer 8

Queen of Paper Bags

- inventor of many things

Question 9

Innovations in packaging

Answer 9

• Modified atmosphere packaging
• Active packaging
• Microwave susceptor technology
• Edible coatings
• Bio-based Packaging materials
• intelligent packaging

Question 10

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)

Answer 10

Remove or reduce oxygen, replace with nitrogen and/or CO2

• Minimize oxidation
• absorbs gases like ethylene

Question 11

Active Packaging

Answer 11

Packaging that performs some desired fxn other than providing a barrier to the external enviro
Ex. the little pouches that say “do not eat” in packages

Question 12

Microwave susceptor technology

Answer 12

Browning and crisping of foods in the microwave

- base on thin metallized coatings in the paper or surface

Question 13

Edible coatings

Answer 13

Natural waxes, polysaccharides, corn gluten, whey protein

Question 14

intelligent packaging

Answer 14

informs/communicates with the consumer the present properties of the food, or records aspects of its history
Ex. Aroma Domes