Production🏭 Flashcards
Advantages of preservation
Less time spent going back to the shop, longer shelf life and reduces spoilage and microorganism growth
Disadvantages of preservation
Loss of nutrients like fibre, increased salt, additives added and change of texture
Examples of modified atmosphere packages food and how it works
Removing oxygen from the package eg. Packaged salads, chicken
Give four examples of preservation industrial
High and low temperatures, dehydration or acids
Examples of home preservation
Pickling, freezing, salting, drying, bottling
Conditions for sterilisation
110°c for 30minutes
Conditions for pasteurisation
75°c 15seconds
Conditions for UHT
135°c for 1 second
Conditions Blast chilling
Decreases temperature of food to below 3°c in 90minutes
Why is cook-chill advantageous (reheating meals)?
Save energy and time, frozen to preserve, less washing up, less nutrient loss
What is cook chill?
Food being cooked to about 70°c then being portioned and chilled to 3°c. Reheated to above 70°c when consumed
What are breakfast cereals fortified with
Iron vitamin B and D
Advantages of food fortification
Increase nutritional value, reduces spoilage, can reduce deficiency’s in diets, marketing benefits to help health
Disadvantages of food fortification
Over consumption of a nutrient, more expensive and affects texture
What are additives
Substances added to foods for a specific function