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Provenance/Meat/Fats
Food Prep/GCSE/Ormerod/Food Provenance/Meats/Fats
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Intensive farming (crops) | Farming that aims to produce as much as possible. |
| Trans-fats | Unsaturated fatty acids formed by partial hydrogenation of vegetable oil. |
| Factory farming (live stock) | A farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods. |
| Hydrogenation | The process of changing a liquid fat or oil into a solid one at room temperature by the addition of hydrogen. |
| Cholesterol | A fatty substance known as a lipid which is found in the blood and in food. |
| Free range | A method of farming, where for at least part of the day, animals can roam freely. |
| Farm assured | A British organisation that promotes and regulates food. |
| Environmental impact | The impact of human activities on the natural environment. |
| Sustainability | Describes human activity that is not harmful to the environment and does not deplete natural resources, thereby supporting long-term ecological balance. |
| Traceability | The ability to track any food through all stages of production, processing and distribution. |
| Food chain | A series of processes by which food is grown, produced and eventually consumed. |
| Monounsaturated fat | Containing only one double bond per molecule. |
| Polyunsaturated fat | Containing more than one double bond per molecule. |
| Omega – 3 & Omega - 6 | Types of polyunsaturated fatty acid the body cannot make itself. |
| Connective tissue | Tissue which binds together, connects or surrounds body parts. |
| Collagen | The most abundant protein in the meat and the substance that hold the whole body together. |