Food choice

what factors impact food choice?

• PAL

• celebration/occasion

• cost of food

• preferences

• food availability

• healthy eating

• income

• lifestyle

• time available to cook and prepare

• religion

• medical/allergy

• ethical beliefs

What are Jewish people not allowed to eat?

• shellfish

• pork

• dairy and meat in the same meal

What are Hindus not allowed to eat?

• Beef/beef products

• alcohol

• most don’t eat meat

What are Sikhs not allowed to eat?

• beef

• most are vegetarian

• alcohol

What are Muslims not allowed to eat?

• pork

• alcohol

• seafood with fins

what are Buddhists not allowed to eat?

• meat

• alcohol

what are Rastafarians not allowed to eat?

• pork

• fish bigger than 12 inches

• salt

• alcohol

• milk

• coffee

what do rastafarians eat?

• I-tal foods

• fish under 12 inches

• vegetables

• coconut oil

• herbal tea

What celebrations do Jews eat traditional foods?

• Passover

• Rosh Hashana

• Yom Kippur

• Hanukkah

What celebrations do Hindus eat traditional foods?

Diwali

What celebrations do Sikhs eat traditional foods?

Guru Nanak’s birthday

What celebrations do Muslims eat traditional foods?

• Eid

• Ramadan

What celebrations do Buddhists eat traditional foods?

Wesak

What celebrations do Christains eat traditional foods?

• Christmas

• Easter

what information is provided on a food label?

• description of product

• storage instructions

• weight

• allergy information

• name of product

• manufacturers name and contact details

• ingredients

• place of origin

• cooling/ heating instructions

• shelf life

define ‘use-buy date’

Food must be consumed by this date to prevent food poisoning.

define ‘best before’

Food is at its best quality before this date, although it may be safely eaten after this date

define ‘display until’

this helps to manage stock and indicates to the retailer when the product may have gone past its best and should no longer be stocked on shop shelves.

What are the 14 common food allergens?

• gluten

• celery

• tree nuts

• fish

• soy

• sesame

• peanuts

• crustaceans

• eggs

• molluscs

• milk

• mustard

• sulphur dioxide and sulphites

• lupin

what are reference intakes?

Reference intakes replaced Guideline Daily Amounts, which used to appear on food labels. These have been set by European law and are based on an average sized woman doing an average amount of physical activity.

what is sensory evaluation?

Judging the different sensory qualities of food.

why do we carry out sensory evaluation?

• ensure food meets a customer’s expectations, so people will enjoy the foods

• ensure changes to the product remain acceptable

• it guarantees food products remain consistent over time

• compare to other products to get ideas for improvements

• ensures food products meet the original specification

• to monitor the quality and shelf life of products over time.

what is a paired preference test?

A person is given two samples and is asked which they prefer

What is hedonic ranking?

This is a type of preference test that finds out if people like or dislike a product/s.

They rank the samples on how much they like them.

what is the triangle test?

This is used to detect differences in two samples, a person is given three sample, two are the same, and they have to find the odd-one out.

what is the ranking test?

Looks at a particular sensory property in a number of samples.

what is the rating test?

Allows people to rate different sensory properties of a food.

what is profiling?

Used to get a detailed description of the appearance, taste and texture.

how do you create a fair testing environment?

• distractions including smells should be removed

• lighting should be controlled and coloured lighting should be used if there are visual differences between samples

• seating should isolate testers

• water should be provided to allow the sampler to cleanse between samples