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Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

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76breakfast cereal (breakfast <strong>food</strong>) Legally defined as any <strong>food</strong>obtained by the swelling, roasting, grinding, rolling or flaking <strong>of</strong>any cereal.break middlings See dunst.break rolls See milling.bream White fish, Abramis brama (N American bluegill breamis Leponis macrochinus).Bredsoy TM An unheated (i.e. enzyme active) full-fat soya flour.brem Indonesian; sweet or sweet-sour starchy rice paste producedby fermenting cooked rice with moulds (Mucor <strong>and</strong> Rhizopusspp.) <strong>and</strong> yeasts (C<strong>and</strong>ida <strong>and</strong> Saccharomyces spp.) forseveral days, then boiled down <strong>and</strong> sun dried.brenza Eastern European s<strong>of</strong>t buttery cheese made from goat<strong>and</strong> sheep milk.bretzels See pretzels.brewers’ grains Cereal residue from brewing, containing about25% protein; used as animal feed.brewnzyme Mixture <strong>of</strong> bacterial proteases <strong>and</strong> amylases withbarley β-amylase, used to mash unmalted starch for beer making.brie French s<strong>of</strong>t cheese.Composition/100 g: water 48.4 g, 1398 kJ (334 kcal), protein20.8 g, fat 27.7 g (<strong>of</strong> which 66% saturated, 31% monounsaturated,3% polyunsaturated), cholesterol 100 mg, carbohydrate0.4g (0.4g sugars), ash 2.7g, Ca 184mg, Fe 0.5mg,Mg 20 mg, P 188 mg, K 152 mg, Na 629 mg, Zn 2.4 mg, Se 14.5 µg,I 16µg, vitamin A 174 µg RE (173µg retinol, 9 µg carotenoids),E 0.2 mg, K 2.3 mg, B 1 0.07 mg, B 2 0.52 mg, niacin 0.4 mg, B 60.23 mg, folate 65 µg, B 12 1.6µg, pantothenate 0.7 mg. A 40 gserving is a source <strong>of</strong> vitamin B 2 , folate, a rich source <strong>of</strong> vitaminB 12 .Brillat-Savarin A French gourmet (1755–1826) whose name isgiven to a consommé (clear soup), baba <strong>and</strong> several other dishes.brilliant acid green BS See green s.brine Salt solutions <strong>of</strong> varying concentrations used in pickling.‘Fresh’ brine may have added nitrite;‘live’ brine contains microorganismsthat convert nitrate to nitrite (pickling salts).brining The process <strong>of</strong> soaking vegetables in brine before picklingin vinegar, in order to remove some <strong>of</strong> the water, <strong>and</strong> retaina crisp texture. Dry brining is when the vegetables are coveredwith dry salt, rather than immersed in a salt solution.brisling Young sprat, Clupea sprattus.British Farm St<strong>and</strong>ard Voluntary labelling <strong>of</strong> <strong>food</strong>s with a redtractor logo meaning that the requirements <strong>of</strong> specific farmquality assurance schemes have been met. Under EU legislationthe mark is not restricted to British produce, but may be used

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