Food Science: Science Exam with
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Cell cultured food products derived from cell lines of livestock and poultry are a new technology
under development. Who will provide regulatory insight for these novel human food products?
- ✔✔Only FDA
As a banana ripens from green to yellow, it... - ✔✔becomes sweeter due to an increase in its
sugar content.
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? - ✔✔Canola oil
Aspergillum produces _____ that are used to clarify fruit juices. - ✔✔amylases
_____ is the creation and maintenance of hygienic and healthful conditions - ✔✔sanitation
A chocolate truffle and mint ice cream sandwich has the following ingredient statement...(I'm
not writing all of this out)...What allergens must be declared in this product? - ✔✔milk, eggs,
wheat
Fresh olives picked from a tree contain a _____ compound requiring them to be cured to make
them palatable. - ✔✔bitter
The food industry uses four levels of heat preservation. Which of the following provides
complete destruction of all microorganisms? - ✔✔Sterilization
, The red color of an apple is important for consumer acceptance of red delicious apples so
companies that produce apples use a _____ to measure redness, blueness, and yellowness of
each apple lot. - ✔✔colorimeter
_____ is a common method used to test the viscosity of mixtures such as ketchup. - ✔✔The
line-spread test
The space left in a container after adding food and sealing the top is called... - ✔✔headspace
Food contact packaging materials are regulated by the... - ✔✔FDA
Food is placed on heated trays or shelves called _____ when vacuum drying procedures are
used. - ✔✔racks
_____ is a compound commonly used to make no-salt seasonings because it contributes a salty
flavor to foods. - ✔✔Potassium chloride
_____ is National Food Safety Education month - ✔✔September
To extend the shelf life of chips and help prevent crushing during distribution, _____ is added to
the bag during packaging. - ✔✔nitrogen
As a popcorn kernel is heated, water within the kernel boils forming steam. The _____ to
explode - ✔✔higher temperature of the steam causes the kernel
_____ is used to dye gourmet pastas black - ✔✔Squid ink
Accurate Answers
Cell cultured food products derived from cell lines of livestock and poultry are a new technology
under development. Who will provide regulatory insight for these novel human food products?
- ✔✔Only FDA
As a banana ripens from green to yellow, it... - ✔✔becomes sweeter due to an increase in its
sugar content.
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? - ✔✔Canola oil
Aspergillum produces _____ that are used to clarify fruit juices. - ✔✔amylases
_____ is the creation and maintenance of hygienic and healthful conditions - ✔✔sanitation
A chocolate truffle and mint ice cream sandwich has the following ingredient statement...(I'm
not writing all of this out)...What allergens must be declared in this product? - ✔✔milk, eggs,
wheat
Fresh olives picked from a tree contain a _____ compound requiring them to be cured to make
them palatable. - ✔✔bitter
The food industry uses four levels of heat preservation. Which of the following provides
complete destruction of all microorganisms? - ✔✔Sterilization
, The red color of an apple is important for consumer acceptance of red delicious apples so
companies that produce apples use a _____ to measure redness, blueness, and yellowness of
each apple lot. - ✔✔colorimeter
_____ is a common method used to test the viscosity of mixtures such as ketchup. - ✔✔The
line-spread test
The space left in a container after adding food and sealing the top is called... - ✔✔headspace
Food contact packaging materials are regulated by the... - ✔✔FDA
Food is placed on heated trays or shelves called _____ when vacuum drying procedures are
used. - ✔✔racks
_____ is a compound commonly used to make no-salt seasonings because it contributes a salty
flavor to foods. - ✔✔Potassium chloride
_____ is National Food Safety Education month - ✔✔September
To extend the shelf life of chips and help prevent crushing during distribution, _____ is added to
the bag during packaging. - ✔✔nitrogen
As a popcorn kernel is heated, water within the kernel boils forming steam. The _____ to
explode - ✔✔higher temperature of the steam causes the kernel
_____ is used to dye gourmet pastas black - ✔✔Squid ink
