Processed Meats

The broad term used to identify chemically altered meat through cooking, curing, drying or a combination

• processed meats

• cooked meats

• raw meat

• stewed meat

Examples of processed meats include

• fresh and dried sausages

• cold cuts

• bacon

• ground pork

• canned meat

All ingredients must be listed on the label of processed meats.

• True

• False

Also known as luncheon meats

• variety meats

• cold cuts

• ground beef

• cured meats

Processed meats can contain variety meats, regardless of whether they are listed on the label or not.

• True

• False

Frankfurters, also known as hot dogs, can contain no more than ___ % fat

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

The edible muscle tissue of an animal attached to the bone

• Variety meat

• Skeletal Meat

• Internal meats

• Processed meat

Any substance with the intended use of becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food

• food additive

• food allergen

• food safety

• variety meat

List all the functions of food additives

• flavoring

• coloring

• preserving

• extending shelf life

Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is added to food to prevevnt the growth of Clostridium botulinum

• True

• False