Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

exudative diathesis Vascular disease of vitamin e-deficient chicks,characterised by accumulation of greenish fluid under the skinof the breast and abdomen.F181FAD See flavin adenine dinucleotide.faeces Composed of undigested food residues, remains of digestivesecretions that have not been reabsorbed, bacteria from theintestinal tract, cells, cell debris and mucus from the intestinallining, substances excreted into the intestinal tract (mainly in thebile). The average amount is about 100 g/day, but varies widelydepending on the intake of dietary fibre.faecolith Small hard mass of faeces, found especially in thevermiform appendix.faggot (1) Traditional British meatball made from pig offal andmeat.(2) Bundle of herbs, see bouquet garni.fair maids Cornish name for pilchards (thought to be a corruptionof the Spanish fumade = smoked).fairy potato See earth nut.famotidine See histamine receptor antagonists.FANSA The Food and Nutrition Science Alliance, a partnershipof the American Dietetic Association, the American Society forClinical Nutrition, the American Society for Nutritional Sciencesand the Institute of Food Technologists.FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,founded in 1943; headquarters in Rome. Its goal is to achievefreedom from hunger worldwide. According to its constitutionthe specific objectives are ‘raising the levels of nutrition and standardsof living ...and securing improvements in the efficiencyof production and distribution of all food and agricultural products.’Web site http://www.fao.org/.Farex TM A cereal food for infants.farfals See pasta.farina General term for starch. In UK specifically potato starch;in the USA starch obtained from wheat other than durumwheat; starch from the latter is semolina.Farina dolce is Italianflour made from dried chestnuts.farinaceous Starchy.farinograph An instrument for measuring the physical propertiesof a dough.farl Scottish; triangular oatmeal cake.fascioliasis Infestation of the bile ducts and liver with the liverfluke Fasciola hepatica, commonly acquired by eating wild