Food Chemistry

• Food
o Describe the relevant aspects of the composition of food that the reader needs to know
to understand the scientific data
• Process
o Describe the food process
• Quality attribute
o Describe relevant attributes and briefly (1-2 sentences) how they are measured
• Consider the use of figures, images, and tables to illustrate important concepts, e.g. chemical
formulae, flow charts to illustrate process, etc
Presentation of scientific data (450 words)
• Present scientific data that supports the answer to your question
o This is usually a combination of descriptive and quantitative information, with an
emphasis on the quantitative
o Consider the use of figures, images, and tables to illustrate scientific results, chemical
reactions, etc
Mechanism: (350 words)
• Provide an explanation for the scientific observations and data i.e. you must explain why the
scientific data you present is observed; e.g. Data indicates that heat darkens honey; the
mechanism is the chemical reaction which occurs when honey is heated, which result in the
breakdown of sugar to a brown-coloured compound.
• How much you can say about mechanism will vary considerably depending on the food and
topic you have selected; for some topics a great deal of basic research has been done; on others
very little; but even when little has been done, you should be able to include at least some
discussion of mechanism, even if only a few sentences. If you cannot find any information on
mechanisms related to the food you have selected, be sure to indicate this in your text and
consider making analogies to other products where research is available, and/or speculate and
generate your own hypotheses.
Conclusion (150 words)