NFS 2000 Study Guide - Healthy Diet, Meat Industry, Hunnan District
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What is food science about: food from source to you, study of the nature of foods, food safety, healthy eating, are organic foods better, application of science to bring food to the dinner plate. It goes beyond cooking: prepared foods must travel long distances, we all rely on food from supermarket: food science gets it there, convenience. It delivers nutrition: applies technology to assure foods are nutritious, provides the supplies to restaurants as well as home. The myths about food science: food science is . Food science is application of: microbiology, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering, nutritional science, sensory evaluation, culinary science, processing, food delivery from farm gate to dinner plate, economics, business. Food science and nutrition: food science deals with food manipulations and their consequences, food science is an interdisciplinary field of study, nutrition deals with the consequences of food components on the body.