FOOD 2010 Final: Entire textbook summary-Food 2010 Principles of Food Science

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Food science: food 2010 final exam unit and chapter. Unit 1: introduction to food science and the food industry. Food technology: is concerned with the development, processing, preservation, packaging, and distribution of safe, nutritious, and appealing food. Food science has become an interdisciplinary mix, which includes influence of the social sciences, agriculture, business, and the health sciences. Nutrition, dietetics and culinary arts are closely associated but these disciplines focus on different aspects of food. 5) study of food market factors- recently considered a field. Stakeholder- is one who holds an interest in some thing. Groups of stakeholders in the chain of production: Producers processors distributions retail consumers. Sale of products is often mediated by distributors: trade and consumer associations act as advocates for interests of particular sectors. Example of a global trading block is: north american free trade agreement (nafta)- . Canada, united states and mexico.