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Area 2: Food Product Development

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Why are new food products developed, and what factors shape what a manufacturer decides to make?

The factors that influence the development of new food products, including consumer demand and lifestyle, healthy eating and nutrition, cost, technology, and environmental and sustainability concerns.
An SQA National 5 Health and Food Technology answer on the factors that influence the development of new food products, including consumer demand and lifestyle, healthy eating, cost, technology, and environmental and sustainability concerns.
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What jobs does packaging do for a food product, and how do environmental concerns shape packaging choices?

The functions of food packaging, including protecting and preserving food, carrying information, attracting consumers and making food easy to transport, and the environmental issues raised by packaging.
An SQA National 5 Health and Food Technology answer on food packaging, covering its functions in protecting and preserving food, carrying information, attracting consumers and aiding transport, and the environmental issues packaging raises.
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What jobs do ingredients do in a recipe, and how does understanding them help develop food products?

The functional properties of ingredients in food, including aeration, binding, bulking, coating, dextrinisation, emulsification, gelatinisation, shortening and thickening, and how they are used when developing food products.
An SQA National 5 Health and Food Technology answer on the functional properties of ingredients, covering aeration, binding, bulking, coating, dextrinisation, emulsification, gelatinisation, shortening and thickening and their use in developing food products.
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How do manufacturers test what a food product tastes, looks and feels like, and why does it have to be done fairly?

Sensory testing of food products, including the senses used, the main types of test (preference, discrimination and ranking or rating), and how testing is carried out fairly to give reliable results.
An SQA National 5 Health and Food Technology answer on sensory testing, covering the senses used, the main types of test such as preference, discrimination and ranking, and how testing is carried out fairly to give reliable results.
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What are the stages a food product goes through from idea to shop shelf, and why is each one needed?

The stages of developing a new food product, from identifying a need and writing a specification through generating and developing ideas, prototyping, testing and evaluating, to the final product and launch.
An SQA National 5 Health and Food Technology answer on the stages of developing a new food product, from identifying a need and writing a specification through generating ideas, prototyping, testing and evaluating to the final product and launch.
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