Importance Of Chemistry In Food Essay

Food is a chemical and all cooking is chemistry. It is a mixture of many different chemical components. It is one of the essential things of every living being. Worldly, interest in food science have increased in recent years because of increasing awareness of vital role of food in the health, well-being and economics status of individuals and nations people’s curiosity of trying new and different dishes. Although using chemicals in the food provides good taste and texture, sometimes adding chemicals or modifying the food 's chemistry could have negative impacts on human beings. There are many additives that are harmful to human beings and other animals are explained below. I have also provide more details about the bullet points below: o Use of chemical and ingredients on food o Evolution of technology on food o Molecular gastronomy o Effect of cooking temperatures o Science behind cooking

I was about 8 years old, when I started learning how to cook. This is something that I was inspired by my mother. She always used to cook delicious Nepali food. Preparing food can be fun; we just need a little imagination and time. Cooking is important, it improves food nutritionally and makes it easier to eat and digest. When digesting hard food we need lot of energy to consume digestion. Nathan Myhrvold proposed that in particular chemistry, cooking follow …show more content…
This enrichment is made using toxic ingredients such as metallic form of iron that can be barely absorbed and should not be ingested. Maltodextrin, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, modified cornstarch, textured soy protein concentrate, and carrageenan. All these are different names to hide ingredients that either contains Monosodium Glutamate or form of MSG during processing. MSG accelerate bone loss and have also been linked to migraine headaches, nausea, skin rashes, seizures and even Heart