Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

426evidence that the oil (which contains sterols) may have beneficialeffects in treatment of benign prostate enlargement.Saxin TM See saccharin.sbrinz Swiss hard cheese similar to parmesan.SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition; software todisplay data from monitoring of manufacturing processes as realtimegraphics, developed in the 1980s. Now superseded by opendatabase connectivity (ODBC) and object linking exchange(OLE) software.scald (1) Pouring boiling water over a food to clean it, loosenhairs (e.g. on a joint of pork) or remove the skin of fruit andtomatoes.See also blanching.(2) Heating milk almost to boiling point, to retard souring orto make clotted cream.(3) Defect occurring in stored apples; the formation of brownpatches under the skin, with browning and softening of the tissueunderneath. Due to accumulation of gases given off duringripening.scaldfish See megrim.scallion Small onion which has not developed a bulb, widely usedin Chinese cooking; also used for shallots and spring onion (especiallyin USA).scallops Marine bivalve molluscs, species of the Pectinidaefamily; Queen scallop is Chamys opercularis.Composition/100 g: water 79 g, 368 kJ (88 kcal), protein 16.8 g,fat 0.8 g, cholesterol 33 mg, carbohydrate 2.4 g, ash 1.5 g, Ca 24 mg,Fe 0.3 mg, Mg 56 mg, P 219 mg, K 322 mg, Na 161 mg, Zn 0.9 mg,Cu 0.1mg, Mn 0.1mg, Se 22.2µg, I 20µg, vitamin A 15µg retinol,K 0.1 mg, B 1 0.01 mg, B 2 0.06 mg, niacin 1.1 mg, B 6 0.15 mg, folate16µg, B 12 1.5µg, pantothenate 0.1 mg, C 3 mg. A 60 g serving is asource of Mg, P, Se, a rich source of vitamin B 12 .scampi Shellfish, Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn, Nephropsnorvegicus. See lobster.scapula The shoulder blade, a triangular bone.Scenedesmus See algae.Schiff base An aldimine linkage formed by condensationbetween an aldehyde and an amino group.See also maillard reaction; pyridoxyllysine.Schilling test For vitamin b 12 absorption; an oral dose of 57 Colabelledvitamin B 12 is given 1 h after a large (1000 µg) parenteraldose of non-radioactive vitamin, and radioactivity in urine isdetermined over the next 24 hours.See also anaemia, pernicious; intrinsic factor.schnitzel Austrian, German; cutlet or escalope of veal or pork.