Briefly explain the role of grades, brands and labels while selecting food products.

Briefly explain the role of grades, brands and labels while selecting food products.

Ans: Grades play the role of the determinants of quality in terms of taste, size, color,  freshness etc. Higher the grade, the higher is the quality of the food product. 

 Labels, along with the name of the product, exhibit information about the food  product which is mandatory to the mentioned on every single unit of the product. 

 Brands dispense the information about who has manufactured the product. Brands  ultimately influence the choice of the people over all the other factors. 

 Food grading involves the inspection, assessment and sorting of various foods  regarding quality, freshness, legal conformity and market value. Branding earns  loyalty, it influences a customer to buy food product again and again. 

B. What do you understand by food spoilage? List the causative factors of food spoilage. 

Ans: Food spoilage leads to lowering of the quality of food. The quality of a food item is  measured in terms of its sensory properties i.e. properties that can be detected by our  senses of sight, smell, touch and taste. These are appearance, texture, flavour and aroma.   And adverse change in a food’s quality, may be considered spoilage. 

 Causative Factors: Micro-Organisms: Foods are normally contaminated with micro-organism include bacteria, yeast, moulds, algae protozoans and others. They feed on  the food in which they live and cause variety of changes in it. Most if them are  harmful and produce changes which lead to spoilage of food. 

 Natural food Enzymes: All healthy, food plants and animals have their own set of  enzymes which help in the processes that go on inside the living cells. The over-ripe  bananas and papayas, the over matured tasteless corn and peas in the market are  example of deterioration due to naturally present enzymes. 

 Insects and rodents: Worms, bugs, moths may damage food items both in the field,  as well as, in storage at home. In addition they damage it and thereby expose it to  bacterial, yeast and mould injections.

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