Discuss the meaning and significance of foods that are processed, refined, enriched, fortified, or whole-grain
What will be an ideal response?
Processed foods: foods that have been treated to change their physical, chemical, microbiological, or sensory properties.
Fortified: the addition to a food of nutrients that were either not originally present or present in insignificant amounts. Fortification can be used to correct or prevent a widespread nutrient deficiency or to balance the total nutrient profile of a food.
Refined: the process by which the coarse parts of a food are removed. When wheat is refined into flour, the bran, germ, and husk are removed, leaving only the endosperm.
Enriched: the addition to a food of specific nutrients to replace losses that occur during processing so that the food will meet a specified standard.
Whole grain: a grain that maintains the same relative proportions of starchy endosperm, germ, and bran as the original (all but the husk); not refined.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. true b. false
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