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functional properties of foods
Structure, quality, nutritional value and/or acceptability of a food product. A food functional property is determined by physical, chemical and/or organoleptic properties of a food. Examples of a functional property may include solubility, absorption, water retention, frothing ability, elasticity, and absorptive capacity for fats and foreign particles.
Alternative Names
the functional property of foodsfunctional food propertiespracticable properties of foodsthe functional properties of foodspractical properties of foodsutilitarian properties of foods
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