Comment on food science
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
Whem you hear food engineering, think of things like how Pringles chips give a huge burst of flavour then shatter in your mouth with a nice crunch, buy leave nothing to chew.
Or how fast food burgers like Mcdonalds and Wendy's similarly give lots of flavour but nothing to chew.
Both are examples of engineered foods. In both cases, designed to leave you wanting more.
They work on two principles.
- The brain wants flavour and crunch.
- It cheats on immediate fulness by counting bites/chews.
You can counteract their food design with smaller bites and chewing more.
Devi@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Food engineering is engineering in the food industry, so like developing and streamlining manufacturing, developing new packaging, that sort of thing.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
Also preservation and development of preparation techniques.
To that extent: pringles are pressed potato powder. Because it meets the need of a chip that is easily and precisely formed, easily preserved and falls apart with little pressure.
To describe fast food and highly processed junk foods as anything but engineered does a disservice to the word "engineering.
Devi@beehaw.org 2 months ago
For developing fast food for example you’d want a food science degree rather than a food engineering one.