Functions of food ingredients

?
View mindmap
  • Function of food ingredients
    • Sugar
      • sweetening
      • helps keep moisture in baked goods
      • adds bulk
      • makes a more tender baked product
      • adds texture
      • preservative
      • colour- browning in baking
    • Eggs
      • thickens sauces
      • nutritious food
      • acts as an emulsifier
      • binds dry ingredients
      • helps form the framework
      • enriches mixture
      • traps air
      • glaze for pastry
    • Liquid
      • helps gelatinisation of starch
      • helps formation of gulten
      • binds dry ingredients
      • helps action of raising agent.
    • folour
      • adds flavour
      • acts as bulking ingredients
      • nutritious food
      • helps form the structure
      • thickens liquids
    • fat
      • enriches mixture
      • adds moistness
      • adds flavour
      • increases shelf life
      • shortens baked mixtures
      • holds air
    • raising agents
      • introduces gases into mictures
      • makes the baked product a better "eat"
      • helps to give lightness to baked products

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Design & Technology: Food Technology resources:

See all Design & Technology: Food Technology resources »See all Functional properties resources »