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Food Additives & Ingredients Association
Understanding your food
This collection of resources produced by FAIA (Food Additives & Ingredients Association) explores the main classes of additives used in the food and drink industry and their functions and applications.
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Acidulants
This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the use of acids and alkalis in the food and drinks industry. A series of activities involving the preparation of sherbet, scones and dumplings using raising agents illustrate the function of acidulants. The flavouring and preservative nature of citric...
Anticaking agents
This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the use of anti-caking agents that allow powdered food products to flow more freely through machinery. The action of an anti-caking agent in cocoa powder is investigated in one activity and a case study using real results from an industrial setting...
Antioxidants
This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the role of antioxidants in food processing to delay oxidation. A data based activity analyses types of fat in foods and an investigation into the browning of apples under varying conditions allows a quantitative measure of the oxidation reaction.
Emulsifiers
This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the role of emulsifiers and stabilisers in the food industry to retain the physical quality of products in terms of texture and mouth feel. A research task involves a survey of commercially produced coleslaw and designing and manufacturing an equivalent....
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Food Technology, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Food science, Food choice |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
| Published by | 
Submitted by Jenny Toft-Eriksen on
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxh8sa |
