Chem Cuisine Practical Questions 2
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- Red No. 2
- This coloring was outlawed in 1976
- Red No. 3
- This coloring is used in cherries, fruit cocktails, and candy
- Corn Syrup
- This is made by treating cornstarch with acids and enzymes
- Ferrous Gluconate
- This is used in pills as a source of iron
- Fumaric Acid
- This dissolves slowly in cold water
- Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
- This is used to speed up the dissolution of fumaric acid
- Fucceleran
- This gum is used to form a gel in pudding
- Heptyl Paraben
- This is used as a preservative in some beers
- Lactose
- This carbohydrate is found in milk
- Lactose
- Milk turns sour when this turns to lactic acid
- Lecithin
- The major sources of this include egg yolk and soybean
- Polysorbate 60
- This works similarly to mono- and diglycerides but needs less quantity
- Saccharin
- This was proposed to be banned in 1977
- Mannitol
- This prevents gum from absorbing moisture and becoming sticky
- Monosodium Glutamate
- This destroys nerve cells in mice
- Sucrose
- Americans consume 100 pounds of this every year
- Sucrose
- This makes up one-sixth of the average diet
- Ethyl Vanillin
- This comes close to matching the true taste of vanilla
- Sulfur Dioxide and Sodium Bisulfate
- These destroy Vitamin B-1
- Starch
- This makes food seem richer and thicker than they are
- Potassium Sorbate
- This is a safer replacement for Sodium Nitrite
- Sorbitol
- This can have a laxative effect on adults
- Sorbitol
- Diabetics use this
- Antioxidants
- These retard oxidation of unsaturated fats and oils
- Sodium Citrate
- This acts as a buffer that controls acidity
- Hydrolized Vegetable Oil
- This is used as a flavor enhancer in instant soups, frankfurters, sauce mix, and beef stew
- Erythorbic Acid
- This serves the same function as ascorbic acid but has no value as a vitamin
- Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
- This prevents the formation of nitrosamines
- Sodium Nitrite
- This is tolerated in foods because it can prevent the growth of bacteria that cause botulism poisoning
- Saccharin
- This sugar replacement does not help people lose weight
- Yellow No. 6
- This coloring occasionally causes allergic reactions
- Citric Acid
- This is an important metabolite in virtually all living organisms
- Citric Acid
- This is used as an acid, flavorer, and chelating agent in ice cream, sherbet, fruit drinks, candy, and instant potatoes
- Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C)
- This prevents loss of color and flavoring by reacting with unwanted oxygen