INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
DEFINITION OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Question
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How do we evaluate food?
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using all our senses except hearing
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only through tasting
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using all our senses (hearing, tasting, touching, seeing, smelling)
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using all our senses except hearing and touching
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory analysis takes us past this first response, examining how the food’s properties stimulate each of our senses through: the appearance of food – using sight, hearing and touch. the flavour of food – using smell and taste. the odour of food – using smell.
Detailed explanation-2: -evaluate foods, either through preference or discrimination tests. There are 5 senses used when tasting food and drink, e.g. sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. There are 5 basic tastes – salt, sugar, bitter, sour and umami.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sensory evaluation of food is an exact science, and involves scientifically testing food using the human senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
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