Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

198tube defects in babies; it is unlikely that ordinary foods couldprovide this much folate, so supplements are advised. In manycountries flour is fortified with folate.See also dietary folate equivalents; dump suppressiontest; figlu test; homocysteine; methylene tetrahydrofolatereductase.FOLIC ACIDfolinic acid 5-Formyl folic acid, more stable to oxidation thanfolic acid itself, and commonly used in pharmaceutical preparations.The synthetic (racemic) compound is known as leucovorin.fondant Minute sugar crystals in a saturated sugar syrup; used asthe creamy filling in chocolates and biscuits and for decoratingcakes. Prepared by boiling sugar solution with the addition ofglucose syrup or an inverting agent (see sugar, invert) andcooling rapidly while stirring.fondue Swiss; cheese melted with wine and herbs, eaten bydipping small squares of bread into the hot mixture. Fonduebourguignonne is small cubes of marinated meat, cooked on along fork in a vessel of hot oil at the table.food Any solid or liquid material consumed by a living organismto supply energy, build and replace tissue or participate in suchreactions. Defined by the FAO/WHO codex alimentarius Commissionas a substance, whether processed, semiprocessed or raw,that is intended for human consumption and includes drink,chewing gum and any substance that has been used in themanufacture, preparation or treatment of food, but does notinclude cosmetics, tobacco or substances used only as drugs.food balance A national account of the annual production offood, changes in stocks, imports and exports, and distribution offood over various uses in the country. Permits estimation of percapita food availability, but not consumption.foodborne disease Infectious or toxic disease caused by agentsthat enter the body through the consumption of food. Thecausative agents may be present in food as a result of infectionof animals from which food is prepared or contamination atsource or during manufacture, storage and preparation.