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Food Science
Food Science, Agriculture, and Yeast Breads
Term | Definition |
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Yeast | Spherical Unicellular Microscopic Fungus used in cooking as a leavening agent. |
Louis Pasteur | Discovered the principle of fermentation |
Egyptians | The first people to discover yeast and use it in bread making |
Data | Factual Information collected during an experiment through testing and observation |
hypothesis | an educated guess as to what the expected outcome of an experiment will be. |
agriculture | the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, or raising livestock |
control | the portion of the experiment that remains constant |
processing | changing raw materials into forms we can use |
agribusiness | an industry engaged in the products of farms and processing, storage, and distribution of those products |
experiment | a procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or test a hypothesis |
distribution | getting the product to us |
theory | a plausible body of principles used to explain phenomena |
independent variable | the portion of the experiment that may be changed |
marketing | the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service |
fiber | raw materials from plants and animals |
production | growing and harvesting |
food science | the discipline in which biology, physical science, and engineering are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of their deterioration, and the principles underlying food processing. |
food technology | the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use of safe, nutritious and wholesome food. |
Carbon Dioxide CO2 | The gas that yeast produces to make bread rise |