Explain about the Food Science and Technology?
Food Science and Technology are so inextricably linked that usually these are treated as one field of study. While Food Science deals with the study the nature of foods, the reasons of their deterioration and the principles underlying food processing, Food Technology is the application of food science to the processing, selection, packaging, preservation, distribution and use of safe, nutritious, and wholesome food. It is the application of the principles and facts of science, engineering, and mathematics to the processing, preservation, storage, and utilization of foods with the final aim of delivery of safe, nutritious and cost effective food to the customer. The simplest carbohydrates are called sugars (or monosaccharides). In this unit you learnt about the major use of sugars in the food industry that is to provide the sweetness in different products. Apart from that, the sugars have a number of other functions in the food systems. An important function of the sugars is their involvement in the process known as non-enzymatic browning, which is desirable in various food products, especially in bakery products, but undesirable in other. However, in the patients, who are not able to metabolise sugars (particularly Diabetics), various sugar replacers, also known as artificial sweeteners, are available (with low to no calorific value), the major player of artificial sweetener is aspartame.