When you hear food engineering, think of things like how Pringles chips give a huge burst of flavour then shatter in your mouth with a nice crunch, but leave nothing to chew.
Or how fast food burgers like Mcdonalds and Wendy’s similarly give lots of flavour but nothing to chew.
Both are examples of engineered foods. In both cases, designed to leave you wanting more.
They work on two principles.
The brain wants flavour and crunch.
It cheats on immediate fulness by counting bites/chews.
You can counteract their food design with smaller bites and chewing more.
This was from a CBC Radio special on the science of fast food I recall from far too long ago.
Also development of preservation and preparation techniques.
To that extent: pringles are pressed potato powder. Because it meets the need of a chip that is easily and precisely formed, easily preserved and falls apart with little pressure.
To describe fast food and highly processed junk foods as anything but engineered does a disservice to the word “engineering”.
When you hear food engineering, think of things like how Pringles chips give a huge burst of flavour then shatter in your mouth with a nice crunch, but leave nothing to chew.
Or how fast food burgers like Mcdonalds and Wendy’s similarly give lots of flavour but nothing to chew.
Both are examples of engineered foods. In both cases, designed to leave you wanting more.
They work on two principles.
You can counteract their food design with smaller bites and chewing more.
This was from a CBC Radio special on the science of fast food I recall from far too long ago.
Food engineering is engineering in the food industry, so like developing and streamlining manufacturing, developing new packaging, that sort of thing.
Also development of preservation and preparation techniques.
To that extent: pringles are pressed potato powder. Because it meets the need of a chip that is easily and precisely formed, easily preserved and falls apart with little pressure.
To describe fast food and highly processed junk foods as anything but engineered does a disservice to the word “engineering”.
For developing fast food for example you’d want a food science degree rather than a food engineering one.