Year 10 Food Technology Revision

An example of a technological development that leads to the development of new products is...

• Increase in Type 2 Diabetes
• Microwave oven
• Smart phone

Salt reduced peanut butter is an example of a food developed due to:

• Technological developments
• Space foods
• Market concerns

What is a line extension?

• A brand new food product
• A product designed to copy one produced by a competitor
• A variant of an original product that has had some changes e.g. new flavour

An example of a new product created due to multicultural influences 

• Taco meal kits
• Chia pot
• Reduced fat milk

What are the impacts of food product innovations?

• Market concerns; technological developments; medical foods; airline foods
• Social and cultural; economic; environmental; nutritional
• Social and cultural; market concerns; packaging changes; medical foods

A brief is

• A statement of the aims of the project and criteria to measure its success
• Investigation to find out what the target market wants
• making a prototype in a pilot plant

How are the best ideas chosen for new products?

• Ask the wife of the managing director
• Using an investigation to find out what the target market wants
• Ideas are evaluated against the brief then market research used to find the best one

What are the reasons for packaging food?

• safety; containment; preservation; convienience
• better taste; preservation; save money; environmen

Which of the following packaging types are non-renewable

• Paper
• Cardboard
• Plastic

What is active packaging?

• The addition of sachets that absorb gases that can lead to food deterioration
• Packaging that likes to go to the gym
• Packaging filled with nitrogen to prevent food deterioration