Food definition

From these tables, the effect of the convective transfer at the package-liquid food definitely appears in a quantitative manner. 

Most functional foods definitions do not intend to exclude natural foods in the functional foods category. However, many manufacturers and the perception of the... 

Concerning differences between countries, according to Datamonitor, some of 90 % of total sales occurs in Europe, the USA, and Japan [51]. In Japan, according to a Leatherhead report utilizing tight fimctional food definitions, global sales in 2010 reached 24.22 billion, which would represent the 38.4 % of the global functional market, followed by the USA with 31.1 % and Europe (28.9 %) [48]. 

Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. This can cause difficulty when trading with these countries. Although these countries have no codified legislation, they have definite ideas as to what can be used. It is best to consult with the specific agencies in these countries before selling flavors or foods to these countries. 

The FDA appHes the Federal Food, Dmg and Cosmetic Act (3) to the spice iadustry and its products. The FDA has estabUshed a definition for spice which is somewhat general. It states, however, that vegetables such as onions, gadic, and celery are regarded as foods, not spices, even if dried. 

According to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, food additives may be defined as "substances. .. the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, either in their becoming a component of food or otherwise affecting the characteristics of food" (1). Canada and the European Community have adopted similar definitions. According to this broad definition, a food additive is synonymous to a food ingredient. In practice, however, the word additive is limited to substances that are used in small quantities. 

Derived plant and animal products make better use or upgrade the nutritional quaHty of already existing materials or products. Synthetic and manufactured products arose from knowledge of the functional properties of food ingredients and of human and animal nutrition that involved more precise definition of nutrient requirements for growth, reproduction, lactation, and body maintenance in both humans and domestic Hvestock. Pood products have been developed to meet human needs under abnormal environments, eg, military rations for arctic, tropical, or desert environments, and special products for astronauts ia space flights. 

Definitions. Cosmetic products in the United States are regulated by FDA under the authority of two different laws, ie, the Federal Food,... 

The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, which uses the same definitions for dmgs and cosmetics as the Food, Dmg and Cosmetic Act, only has jurisdiction over retail products sold to the consumer for use at home. This condition exempts free samples and professional use products not sold to a consumer for personal use. 

An ingredient used in food prior to January 1, 1958 can be considered GRAS under the conditions of its intended use based on common use in food. PDA prior approval generally is not necessary. A post-1958 food ingredient that is generally recognized by qualified experts as safe, under the conditions of its intended use based on scientific tests, is GRAS by definition and therefore is not a food additive and does not require PDA approval prior to use. 

In the United States, chocolate and cocoa are standardized by the U.S. Food and Dmg Administration under the Federal Food, Dmg, and Cosmetic Act. The current definitions and standards resulted from prolonged discussions between the U.S. chocolate industry and the Food and Dmg Administration (FDA). The definitions and standards originally pubUshed in the of December 6, 1944, have been revised only slightly. 

There are no universally accepted definitions of substitute dairy foods, which are referred to as imitations, simulates, substitutes, analogues, and mimics and are associated with terms such as filled, nondairy, vegetable nondairy, and artificial milk, cheese, etc. The term nondairy has been used indiscriminately to describe both imitation dairy products and products legally defined as not being imitation dairy products. Dairy substitutes can be divided into three types those in which an animal or vegetable fat has been substituted for milk fat those that contain a milk component, eg, casein [9000-71-9] or whey protein and those that contain no milk components (see Milk and milkproducts). The first two types make up most of the substitute dairy products. 

Historically, dietary fiber referred to iasoluble plant cell wall material, primarily polysaccharides, not digested by the endogenous enzymes of the human digestive tract. This definition has been extended to iaclude other nondigestible polysaccharides, from plants and other sources, that are iacorporated iato processed foods. Cellulose [9004-34-6] (qv) is fibrous however, lignin [9005-53-2] (qv) and many other polysaccharides ia food do not have fiberlike stmctures (see also Carbohydrates). 

The use of simple machines has sometimes been taken as a definition of what separates humans from animals however, some primates have been obseiwed fashioning probes out of sticks to pry out or to reach food. One of the most powerful images depicting the... 

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