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Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

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231Na 1304mg, Zn 1.4mg, Cu 0.1mg, Mn 0.6mg, Se 20.7µg, I 7 µg,vitamin E 0.1 mg, B 1 0.63 mg, B 2 0.18 mg, niacin 2.9 mg, B 6 0.33 mg,folate 7 µg, B 12 0.4µg, pantothenate 0.4 mg, C 4 mg. A 60 g serving(2 slices) is a source <strong>of</strong> Mn, P, Se, a good source <strong>of</strong> vitamin B 1 ,B 12 .hamburger Or Hamburg steak, also known as beefburger. A flatpatty made from ground (minced) beef, seasoned with salt,pepper <strong>and</strong> herbs, <strong>and</strong> bound with egg <strong>and</strong> flour. Commercialbeefburgers are usually 80–100% meat, but must by law (in UK)contain 52% lean meat, <strong>of</strong> which 80% must be beef. Cereal,cereal fibre or bean fibre may be added as filler or ‘meatextender’.Hammarsten’s casein See casein.hammer mill Continuous process mill in which material is powderedby impact from a set <strong>of</strong> hammers.A modified hammer millusing knives instead <strong>of</strong> hammers is used to shred <strong>food</strong>.h<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> pork The foreleg <strong>of</strong> pork; usually salted <strong>and</strong> boiled.hangover Headache <strong>and</strong> feeling <strong>of</strong> malaise resulting from excessiveconsumption <strong>of</strong> alcoholic beverages. The severity differswith different beverages <strong>and</strong> is not due to the toxic effects <strong>of</strong>alcohol alone, but to the presence <strong>of</strong> higher alcohols <strong>and</strong> esters(collectively known as congeners or fusel oil), the substancesthat give different beverages their distinctive flavours.Hansa can An all-aluminium can (developed in Germany) witheasily opened ends.Hansa herring Salted herring, dating from 13th century, preparedby the fishermen <strong>of</strong> the Hanseatic League, the ports <strong>of</strong> theBaltic <strong>and</strong> north German rivers, after the fish had been l<strong>and</strong>ed,as opposed to fish salted at sea.haram Food forbidden by Islamic law. See also halal.harasume Japanese; transparent noodles made from mung beanpaste.hardening <strong>of</strong> oils See hydrogenation.hardness <strong>of</strong> water See water hardness.hare Game animal, similar to rabbit but larger; caught wild butnot farmed commercially. Lepus europaeus is the common hare;some 20 Lepus spp. occur in Europe.Hartnup disease Rare genetic defect <strong>of</strong> tryptophan transport,leading to development <strong>of</strong> pellagra.Harvard st<strong>and</strong>ards Tables <strong>of</strong> height <strong>and</strong> weight for age used asreference values for the assessment <strong>of</strong> growth <strong>and</strong> <strong>nutrition</strong>alstatus in children, based on data collected in the USA in the1930s. Now replaced by the NCHS (US National Center forHealth Statistics) st<strong>and</strong>ards.See also nchs st<strong>and</strong>ards; tanner st<strong>and</strong>ards.

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