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   Food chemistry is a division of food science that evaluates how foods are   
   processed, prepared and distributed. This science is closely related to   
   biochemistry in that, its principles are based on knowledge of the main   
   components of life such as water,    
   carbohydrates, lipids (fats), proteins, minerals and vitamins. Food chemistry   
   is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and   
   non-biological components of foods. The biological substances include items   
   such as meat, poultry,    
   milk, vegetables, and fruits etc. Food is made up of non-biological chemicals   
   that include primarily water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and   
   minerals. It is similar to biochemistry in its main components such as   
   carbohydrates, lipids,    
   protein, water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, but it also includes areas such   
   as food additives, flavors, and colors. This discipline also encompasses how   
   food materials change under certain food processing techniques and describes   
   the ways either to    
   enhance or to prevent these changes. An example of enhancing a process would   
   be to encourage fermentation of dairy products with microorganisms that   
   convert lactose to lactic acid. An example of preventing a process would be   
   stopping the browning    
   reaction on the surface of freshly cut red delicious apples using lemon juice   
   or other acidulated water.   
      
   Food chemistry focuses on the chemistry of foods, their deterioration and the   
   principles underlying the improvement of foods for consumers. It applies   
   chemistry to developing, processing, packaging, preserving, storing and   
   distributing foods and    
   beverages to obtain safe, economical and aesthetically pleasing food supplies.   
      
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   A major component of food is water, which can encompass anywhere from10% in   
   grains to 50% in meat products to around 70-80% in fruit and vegetable   
   products. It is also an excellent place for bacterial growth and food   
   spoilage, if it is not properly    
   processed. It influences textural properties and the extent to which the food   
   may be subjected to microbial spoilage. One way by which this is measured in   
   food is by water activity which is very important in the shelf life of many   
   foods during processing.   
    One important aspect of food preservation is to reduce the amount of water or   
   alter the water's characteristics to enhance shelf life. Such methods include   
   dehydration, freezing, refrigeration etc.   
      
   Removing water through concentration, drying or freezing reduces the free   
   water and prevents microbial growth. Water activity is a measure of free   
   (unbound) water available for chemical and biological activity. Generally   
   bacteria require a water activity    
   of > 0.9 to grow and most yeasts and molds are inhibited by a water activity   
   of The carbohydrates in foods are mixtures of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and   
   can be classified as simple and complex carbohydrates. Carbohydrate, as it   
   relates to food    
   chemistry, is a general term used for a group of chemical compounds present in   
   both plants and animals that are essentially carbon and water molecular   
   combinations. Simple carbohydrates are sugars and complex carbohydrates are   
   starches and fibers.   
      
   Proteins are polymers of amino acids linked together through a peptide bond.   
   They are mainly composed of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and some   
   sulfur, and sometimes may also contain iron, copper, phosphorus, zinc etc.   
   They play a fundamental role    
   in the structure and function of cells.The function of a protein is determined   
   by the sequence of its amino acids. Proteins are essential to the nutritional   
   well being of the human. There are twenty amino acids that are found in   
   proteins out of which 10    
   are called as essential amino acids because the body cannot produce these   
   amino acids and they have to be provided through the diet. Food chemistry   
   explains how proteins can change their structure through many methods of food   
   processing. Proteins in    
   foods add texture to foods, contribute to odor and taste, form gels, stabilize   
   foams and emulsions etc. The food sources of proteins are grains and animal   
   foods. However, the quality of protein is superior from animal foods compared   
   to plant foods    
   because of amino acid composition.   
      
   Water plays many critical roles within the field of food science. Solutes such   
   as salts and sugars found in water affect the physical properties of water.   
   The boiling and freezing points of water are affected by solutes. For example   
   one mole of sucrose    
   per kilogram of water raises the boiling point of water by 0.52 oC, and one   
   mole of salt per kilogram of water raises the boiling point by 1.04 oC.   
   Similarly, increasing the number of dissolved particles lowers water's   
   freezing point. Solutes in water    
   also affect water activity which affects many chemical reactions and the   
   growth of microbes in food. Water activity can be described as a ratio of the   
   vapor pressure of water in a solution to the vapor pressure of pure water.   
   Solutes in water lower water    
   activity. This is important to know because most bacterial growth ceases at   
   low levels of water activity. Microbial growth not only affects the safety of   
   food but also the preservation and shelf life of food.   
      
   The concept of free water as opposed to the total water, including bound   
   water, has gained wide acceptance in the food processing industry. Water   
   activity has been reported to exert a decisive influence on such phenomena as   
   change in color, taste and    
   aroma, food poisoning and spoilage (shelf life), loss of vitamins etc. Total   
   moisture content of the food generally has very little influence on these   
   parameters. Water activity in foods can be controlled by using various   
   additives (e.g., salts, sugars    
   etc.,), by using satisfactory packaging materials and by maintaining favorable   
   storage conditions. Water activity measurements are increasingly being used in   
   food research as well as in food quality control laboratories.   
      
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