Dietitians

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The Science of Flavour and its Applications
We offer a number of tips to healthy and hearty food for your customers. Appearance Good appearance makes the food more attractive to diners. The elegant French cuisine best illustrates how the appearance of a dish affects its character. Scent Apart from the usual ginger, garlic and...
Unsaturated Fatty Acids, Saturated Acids and Trans Fatty Acids
Fat in cooking oil is made up of three fatty acid groups and a single glycerol derivative.Fatty acids are characterized into saturated and unsaturated fatty acids by their chemical structure. Unsaturated fatty acids help to lower the "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol)...
Is low sodium soy sauce or chicken powder the solution to low salt dishes?
Salt is the chemical compound of sodium and chlorine. Potassium, or artificial salt, replaces sodium in "Low-salt soy sauce" and "low-sodium salt" . Chicken powder is manufactured from a wide range of Ingredients including salt, flavour enhancers and chicken flesh, among which over half...
What is Glutamic Acid?
Scientists have recently identified the fifth taste known as "umami" (savory). Taste buds can detect "umami" evoked by Glutamatic Acids (or Glutamate). Glutamic Acid is naturally found in many food. Artificial Glutamic Acid constitutes the active ingredient to flavour enhancers. Glutamic...
The Science of Taste
The Origin of Flavour Tongue, nose or both? Our taste buds can only detect the four basic tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salty. If you close your eyes and hold your breath, a piece of chocolate will simply be something sweet or bitter. Smell is an important determinant of flavour....