FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION

HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When analyzing product texture, ____ refers to how well one part of a food slides past another without breaking.
A
firmness
B
brittleness
C
graininess
D
chewiness
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -FirmnessA texture quality based on a food’s resistance to pressure. ConsistencyThe thinness or thickness of a food product, which can be measured in terms of pourability.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory analysis examines the properties (texture, flavor, taste, appearance, smell, etc.) of a product or food through the senses (sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing) of the panelists. This type of analysis has been used for centuries for the purpose of accepting or rejecting food products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Texture is assessed by subjective sensory evaluations based on psychophysics and by objective instrumental measurements based on physics and/or chemistry. Human physiological measurements can relate the physicochemical properties measured by instruments and the perceived textures evaluated by sensory panelists.

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