Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
Sometimes, when you buy an egg, salmonella comes free in your package. Salmonella enteritidis. A bacteria that can be found in eggs, meat and undercooked foods. It can cause salmonella poisoning or salmonellosis to the people that have ingested it. The symptoms consist of a fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea starting at about 12-72 hours [...]
According to Codex Alementarius Commission food additives refer to substances intentionally added to food for technological reason in food production, processing, transporting and storage, but not those added to enhance nutritional quality such as Vitamins. Research has found that many consumers strongly believed that additives are primarily used to adulterate food, conceal inferior and less [...]
Author: Caroline SilverstoneThere is much more to wine than being a drink to enjoy. There is more than the rich tastes and the variety of the culture of wine. You have likely heard that science is starting to take an interest in wine because it can actually be healthy to include wine in your daily [...]
Foods naturally high in protein and moisture are prone to microbial contamination which may lead to food poisoning . This includes eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and custards. This kind of food need to be handled and stored properly and cooked thoroughly. Handle your food with care . Follow these tips: 1. Never leave these [...]
My teacher in college told me that the most dangerous poison is the “food we eat”. We know the fact that pesticides are poison and eating such product is stupidity, not unless we want to commit suicide. We eat our meals three times a day and snack more than thrice. And yet we cannot easily [...]
Every time I get cold, cough or flu. I rush to market to buy a lot of calamansi and made my calamansi juice. I drink juice as part of my water therapy. 1. Wash the calamansi and drain 2. Cut the upper portion taking care not to cut the seeds. Cut seeds contribute to astringent [...]
Lead can make your wine sweet. But beware , lead is poisonous. A white crystalline compound with a sweet taste. Lead is also known as lead acetate, plumbous acetate, sugar of lead, salt of saturn and Goulard’s powder, named after Thomas Goulard. Lead as wine sweetener became popular during the Roman empire. It is attributed [...]
