Food Science FAQ

Answers to legal, science, health, and industry questions concerning food science. Also has a list of abbreviations of significance to food science. Persons wishing to post to sci.bio.food-science are advised to read this FAQ first.

On behalf of Rachel Zemser and J. Ralph Blanchfield, I welcome you to sci.bio.food-science.

You are all encouraged to contact one of us if you have suggestions additions, or other 'major' questions we haven't thought of. Our names and email addresses are:

Rachel Zemser, creator of the newsgroup sci.bio.food-science RZemser@aol.com

J. Ralph Blanchfield, Food Science, Food Technology & Food Law Consultant, Chair, IFST Member Relations & Services Committee and Web Editor, IFST Web on the WWW jralphb@easynet.co.uk

Paul King, Creator and Maintainer of the List of Common Abbreviations pking123@sympatico.ca

For a glossary of scientific, marketing, industry, technical and legal terms of relevance to food science, see FAQ 2 of 3. For a list of common questions and answers about food and food science, see FAQ 3 of 3.

1. General Guidelines For Posting In sci.bio.food-science: The goals of this newsgroup are:...

2. A List Of Food Science Related Web Sites: The following is a list of food science related web sites. ...

1. Academic Food Sites: There are many food science/edu web pages. This list does ...

2. General Web Sites Relating To Food Science And Technology: ACCESSING THIS FAQ THRU THE WEB VIA DEJANEWS.COM ...

3. Food Companies: Campbell Soup Company: ...

4. Food Science And Technology Related Mailing Lists-: BEEF-L: A mailing list and discussion group for beef ...

5. Recommended Food Science And Related Texts: The purpose of this section is to provide information on recommended ...

6. Book Publishers' Web Sites: Aspen Publishers ...

3. A List Of Common Abbreviations: It is not expected that you know and use all of the ...

4. Definitions And Interpretations Of Food Related Terms: In the following list of definitions of food-related words ...

4. Food Related Terms Definitions A-C

4. Food Related Terms Definitions D-E

4. Food Related Terms Definitions F-F: Fast

4. Food Related Terms Definitions G-G: Genetic

4. Food Related Terms Definitions H-H

4. Food Related Terms Definitions I-M

4. Food Related Terms Definitions N-N

4. Food Related Terms Definitions O-P

4. Food Related Terms Definitions Q-R

4. Food Related Terms Definitions S-T

4. Food Related Terms Definitions U-Z

4. Marketing Terms: When used in the labelling, advertising or description of a food,...

5. Frequently Asked Questions About Food Science And Technology: Here are brief answers, compiled by the Institute of ...

5. Key Definitions: Food science --...

6. FAQ Groupings: In the interests of user-friendliness the FAQ is written ...

1. What is good/bad food?: In keeping with their Code of Professional Conduct, ...

2. What is a good diet?: A good diet is a balanced one; lots of different foods and ...

3. Do I need to worry about getting enough protein?: You will automatically get enough protein to stay healthy if ...

4. Is sugar harmful?: Not in itself. However, if you eat a lot of sugar in the form ...

5. Isn't honey healthier than sugar?: Not really. Honey is largely a strong solution of sugars ...

6. Why is sugar used in foods?: Sugar is used in some foods to make them sweet, in others ...

7. Is salt harmful?: Salt is essential to a healthy diet. We need about 1 g of salt ...

8. Why is salt used in foods?: There is enough salt naturally present in food to satisfy ...

9. Are fats harmful?: As with everything else, but more importantly with fats, ...

10. What about different types of fat?: Fats in foods, or, more correctly, their fatty acids, are ...

11. Should we cut out all fats?: No, because some fatty acids are essential, and we need ...

12. What is a hydrogenated vegetable oil?: Vegetable oils, as the name implies, are liquid at ...

13. What are trans fatty acids?: Unsaturated fatty acids in foods can exist in ...

14. Is margarine better for us than butter?: There is no simple answer. Butter contains more saturated ...

15. Aren't natural foods better for us than processed foods?: Nearly everything we eat comes originally from a natural source,...

16. Why are foods processed?: To make them palatable, edible, convenient and with ...

17. Is a vegetarian diet better for us?: Not necessarily. Current nutritional advice, to eat less fat,...

18. Isn't it more expensive to eat a 'prudent' diet?: Eating more fruit and vegetables and less fat does at ...

19. Do we need more vitamins and minerals?: A balanced and varied diet -- not too much of anything -- ...

20. Do organic foods taste better?: Some people who favour organic foods for other reasons ...

21. What foods are good for arthritis?: No individual foods will positively help disorders of this kind,...

22. Is ginseng/royal jelly/pollen/lecithin/kelp good for me?: No convincing scientific evidence has so far been forthcoming ...

23. What are 'junk foods'?: This term has no specific meaning. It is an invented label ...

1. What is food poisoning?: Food poisoning is illness caused by any harmful amount of ...

2. Why has food poisoning increased so much?: Food scientists and technologists in industry take great care ...

3. Why all the fuss about food hygiene?: It is a fact of life that food is threatened by ...

4. Aren't we losing natural immunity by producing foods with no pathogens present?: That fear is groundless. The opposite view, that all food ...

5. How can food poisoning be prevented?: There is no single answer. It needs a combination of ...

6. What about irradiation of food?: Irradiation is a comparatively new method, one method among many,...

7. Isn't genetic modification a dangerous interference with nature?: Genetic modification has been used for countless years ...

8. Doesn't gene transfer from one species to another create the risk of ethical problems or even cannibalism?: The officially appointed UK Committee on the Ethics of ...

9. Shouldn't all genetically modified foods, or those containing genetically modified ingredients, be labelled as such, to warn consumers?: There are two distinct kinds of genetic modification. The ...

10. With regard to BSE, is British beef safe to eat?: BSE is an extremely serious disease of cattle, the ...

1. Why are food additives used?: Many foods depend on additives for safety, stability ...

2. But aren't additives dangerous?: All additives in the UK and Europe are controlled by law, ...

3. Food colours are only cosmetic -- shouldn't they be banned?: Part of the enjoyment and appeal of food is its appearance,...

4. Why are foods packaged?: Foods are packaged to protect them and keep them in ...

5. What function does packaging perform?: The primary packaging of the food contains it; preserves it ...

6. Do we really need the protection that packaging is said to provide?: Yes. Food safety absolutely requires it. Moreover, a ...

7. Is packaging wasteful of materials and energy?: Of course the production of anything, including ...

8. Can packaging and energy usage be reduced without compromising the protection it gives to the food?: Here are four ...

9. Why are there so many different types of packaging materials?: Most food products can be packed in a variety of ...

10. Why are some packages difficult to open?: the design of a package is inevitably a compromise between, ...

11. What about recycling of packaging?: The '3 R's' of current environmental packaging law and ...

12. What about returnable, refillable systems?: There are several requirements for a re-fillable system to work....

13. Why does packaging contribute so much to household waste?: It is only when the package is emptied and needs to be ...

14. Do packaging materials affect the food in them?: The packaging material has both to preserve the food and ...

1. What is food science? What is food technology?: *Note. The answers given are the same as the KEY ...

2. Wouldn't our food be even better without scientists and technologists interfering with it?: No. It is the scientists and technologists, working ...

3. Why do scientific experts often disagree?: Personal opinions vary in every walk of life, but ...

4. Doesn't hindsight show that the experts always "got it wrong"?: No. Hindsight shows that the experts nearly always got ...


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