NUSCTX 10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pasteurization, Trans Fat, Decaffeination
11 Apr 2016
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Food technology is applying food science to the selection, preservation, packaging, distribution, and use of safe food: name three examples of developments in food technology: Food canning: nicholas appert experimented with preserving foods y placing them in glass jars, sealing, and placing them in boiling water in 1810. Pasteurization: louis pasteur invented this because he developed germ theory. Gmo = genetically modified organism = any organism who genetic material has been altered using gene engineering techniques (using biotech). It is basically cutting out a gene and inserting it into a target organism. 80% of all processed foods in the us contain gmos. Crops are genetically engineered to have traits such as resistance to pests/pesticides, increased nutritional value, resistance to poor conditions (drought), and increased shelf life. Flavr savr tomatoes: first gmo goods to be commercially available. Golden rice was engineered to synthesize beta-carotene, a vitamin a precursor. It fortified diets in areas with vitamin a deficiency.
