Food Flavor Chemistry

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The chemical compounds responsible for the taste and aroma of food, and how they are affected by cooking and processing.

Quote: "Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods."
Quote: "The biological substances include such items as meat, poultry, lettuce, beer, milk as examples."
Quote: "It is similar to biochemistry in its main components such as carbohydrates, lipids, and protein."
Quote: "It also includes areas such as water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, food additives, flavors, and colors."
Quote: "This discipline also encompasses how products change under certain food processing techniques and ways either to enhance or to prevent them from happening."
Quote: "An example of enhancing a process would be to encourage fermentation of dairy products with microorganisms that convert lactose to lactic acid."
Quote: "An example of preventing a process would be stopping the browning on the surface of freshly cut apples using lemon juice or other acidulated water."
Quote: "Its main components such as carbohydrates, lipids, and protein."
Quote: "Interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods."
Quote: "It also includes areas such as water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, food additives, flavors, and colors."
Quote: "This discipline also encompasses how products change under certain food processing techniques and ways either to enhance or to prevent them from happening."
Quote: "Food additives, flavors, and colors."
Quote: "It also includes areas such as water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, food additives, flavors, and colors."
Quote: "Encourage fermentation of dairy products with microorganisms that convert lactose to lactic acid."
Quote: "Microorganisms that convert lactose to lactic acid."
Quote: "Stopping the browning on the surface of freshly cut apples."
Quote: "Using lemon juice or other acidulated water."
Quote: "This discipline also encompasses how products change under certain food processing techniques."
Quote: "Ways either to enhance or to prevent them from happening."
Quote: "Stopping the browning on the surface of freshly cut apples using lemon juice or other acidulated water."