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Food Science and Technology
Review for exam 1
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Science
Undergraduate 4
02/15/2010

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Food Science
Definition
the study of raw food materials and their behavior during formulation, processing, packaging, storage, and evaluation as consumer products.
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Nutrition
Definition
study of how the body uses foods after we eat them to promote and maintain health
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food processing technology
Definition
involves processing, packaging and preserving foods fromharvest toconsumption
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canning
Definition
first large scale food preservation industry
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nicholas appert
Definition
developed canning in 1700s
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gale borden
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developeped canned milk which saved many babies whose mother died during labor and delivery. helped feed civil war soldiers.
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refrigeration and feezing
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gresatly improved quality of preserved foods
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clarence birdseye
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pioneered refrigeration and freezing
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nutraceuticals
Definition
foods that provide health improvement or disease prevention
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phytochemicals
Definition
naturallhy ocurring plant-derived chemicalsthought tobe beneficial to health. fruits and veggies have many of these
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