As a banana ripens from green to yellow, it __________.

You have been asked to develop a new salad dressing. One of the specifications is to use an oil with a low saturated fat content. Given the choices below, which would have the lowest saturated fat content?

Aspergillus produces ______ that are used to clarify fruit juices.

________ is the creation and maintenance of hygienic and healthful conditions.

A chocolate truffle and mint ice cream sandwich has the following ingredient statement: Chocolate truffle cookies (bittersweet chocolate [cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla flavoring], butter[cream, natural flavoring], cane sugar, eggs, dark chocolate chips [cocoa liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, pure vanilla], unbleached flour [enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], cocoa powder, Madagascar bourbon vanilla extract [water, alcohol, sugar, vanilla bean extractives], sea salt, baking soda), mint ice cream (milk, cream, cane sugar, tapioca syrup, mint, peppermint essential oil, tapioca starch). What allergens must be declared in this product?

Fresh olives picked from a tree contain a ________ compound requiring them to be cured to make them palatable.

The food industry uses four levels of heat preservation. Which of the following provides complete destruction of all microorganisms?

The red color of an apple is important for consumer acceptance of red delicious apples so companies that produces apples use a ______ to measure redness, blueness, and yellowness of each apple lot.

_______ is a common method used to test the viscosity of mixtures such as ketchup.

The space left in a container after adding food and sealing the top is called ___________.

Food contact packaging material are regulated by the _______.

Food is placed on heated trays or shelves called _______ when vacuum drying procedures are used.

_________ is National Food Safety Education month.

To extend the shelf life of chips and help prevent crushing during distribution, _____ is added to the bag during packaging.

As a popcorn kernel is heated, water within the kernel boils forming steam. The ________ to explode.

________ is used to dye gourmet pastas black.

Concentrates in the form of soups, syrups and juices are produced by many companies. Which of the following statements is NOT true about concentrates?

________ are unstable flavor compounds formed when plant tissues are disrupted such as in chopped onions and garlic.

The addition of sodium phosphate into a meat product to retain moisture and protect flavor is an example of a(n) ____________.

Cheese curds form when globular casein molecules untangle, allowing _________ to bind with milkfat and one another.

_____ is a compound commonly used to make no-salt seasonings because it contributes a salty flavor to foods.

Ingestion of ______ and causing illness is considered a food infection.

When a solute such as salt or sugar is added to water, the ________.

A food scientist working on product development is testing a new formulation. Before measuring restricted ingredients in the pilot lab, the scientist needs to __________ the weighing scale using a standard mass.

A poultry company plans on selling fresh poultry. According to USDA FSIS, whole poultry and cuts can never be below ______ to be labeled as "fresh".

Freezing ________ enzymatic activity in a food product.

Which of the following sugars is considered to be sweeter than sucrose?

Eggs marketed as "cage free eggs" are from chickens raised _________.

The chemical leavening agent baking soda works because it contains ___.

Manufacturers who use ________ (a source of phenylalanine) as a nonnutritive sweetener must include a warning label to inform consumers having a rare hereditary disease known as phenylketonuria.

In the context of food allergens, ________ occurs when a residue or trace amount of an allergenic food become incorporated into another food not intended to contain it according to the FDA.

The acronym IPM is used by the food industry to mean ______________ as part of a cleaning and sanitation program.

Lecithin is commonly added to hot cocoa mix to ________.

During freezing of ice cream, the mix is aerated by revolving blades in the freezer to _____.

When wheat is processed into flour, a loss of some nutrients occurs. To counteract this, companies are required to enrich flour with which of the following nutrients?

Which of the following components is required to be displayed on the principal display panel?

During thermal processing, the last point in a can or mass of food to reach the desired temperature is called the __________.

According to USDA FSIS, which of the following would not be considered a ratite?

One important advantage to using glass as food packaging material is that it is ___________.

Canned tuna in oil takes longer to process than canned tuna in water. What is the reasoning behind this?

During the production of wine, yeast is separated from the wine in a step called _______.

A safe handling label must be present on all packages of meat that are sold ____________.

Lean beef has a ________ than asparagus so less energy is required to reduce the temperature of beef than asparagus.

To produce decaffeinated coffee, green coffee beans are soaked in water producing a solution saturated with caffeine and flavor compounds. The solution is passed through ________ to remove the caffeine.

You are securing olive oil for a product formulation and need to know where the ingredient is produced. The country that produces the most olive oil is _____.

Benzene in water is considered ______ hazard.

Clostridium botulinum spores can germinate and grow at a _____.

FDA is requiring food companies to update Nutrition Facts labels to reflect updated scientific findings. New labels must ______.

Your company moved its bread baking production facility from Minneapolis, MN (altitude 830 feet) to Denver, CO (altitude 5,280 feet). Which of the following adjustments should the company make to their formulation/process so they continue to produce the same quality product in their new location? Assume the company is making only one adjustment if one is made.