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 materials are regulated by the ____

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

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

____ 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 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

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

One important advantage to using glass as good packaging material is that it is _____.

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 ______.

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

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

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

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?

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 a(n) ______ 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

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

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 _____.

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

Your company moved its bread baking production facility from Minneapolis, MN (altitude 830) to Denver, CO (altitude 5,280). 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

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