INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
FOOD SCIENCE VS FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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becomes sweeter due to an increase in its sugar content
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does not change in bitterness
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becomes more bitter
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has no change in sweetness or sugar content
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Detailed explanation-1: -During ripening, there is an increase in the breakdown of starch inside the fruit, and a corresponding increase in the amount of simple sugars which taste sweet, such as sucrose, glucose, and fructose. This process is particularly obvious in bananas as they ripen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Your thick-skinned green bananas will soften and turn yellow, then develop brown freckles, and finally turn brown or black. Yellow bananas with brown spotting are sweet and delicious to eat fresh. Dark bananas are ultra soft and sweet, ideal for baking cakes and breads.
Detailed explanation-3: -Place the unripe bananas in a paper bag (a brown paper lunch bag, grocery bag, etc) along with a high-ethylene-producing fruit, such as a ripe banana or apple. Then loosely fold the paper bag closed and let the ethylene gas from the fruit encourage the banana to ripen.
Detailed explanation-4: -Starch content decreases in ripe bananas because more than 80% of starch converted to soluble sugars, namely glucose, fructose, and sucrose. The soluble sugar increases to 19% along with the decrease in starch content during ripening.