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Goals of the Food Industry

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What is one of the goals of the food industry mentioned in the text?

To increase the number of foodborne illnesses

To reduce the shelf life of food products

To encourage microbiological changes in food

To extend the shelf life of food products (correct)

What is a unit operation in food processing?

A basic step that causes a physical change or chemical transformation of materials (correct)

A method to spoil food faster

A step that has no predictable effect on the food

A step that involves only chemical transformation

Why is it important to provide a wide variety of flavors, colors, and textures in food?

To decrease consumer interest

To make the food spoil faster

To limit dietary choices

To increase dietary variety (correct)

What are fluids termed when pressure is applied and they can flow seamlessly without breaking apart?

Fluids Signup and view all the answers

How are unit operations in food processing categorized?

As basic steps with identifiable and predictable effects on food Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the transition from solid to fluid and vice versa?

Phase transition Signup and view all the answers

At what temperature does a phase transition occur isothermally?

Exactly at the phase transition temperature Signup and view all the answers

What type of transition occurs without the release or absorption of latent heat?

Glass transition Signup and view all the answers

What changes when materials transform into a glassy state?

They retain the disorder of the liquid state Signup and view all the answers

Why do foods become very stable in their glassy state?

Because compounds are immobilized and diffusion is slow Signup and view all the answers