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A Look At How The Cornmeal You Use In Your Recipes Is Made If you're putting a line of foods on the market, you should understand all of the ingredients in them so you can answer questions from customers. If you use corn products, it's helpful to know the difference between cornmeal and corn flour when it comes to how they are produced. Here is a quick look at the corn milling process and how cornmeal is produced in bulk. Cornmeal Has A Medium Texture The corn milling process produces three…

John wake ups and decides to make himself a healthy and lean breakfast. John decides that a light potato and spinach quinoa breakfast bowl should be a great way to begin his day. Quinoa, a popular “super food,” that is now available in many US health food stores and supermarkets. To John, it’s a foodstuff recommended by many nutritionists and agricultural specialists, however, it is much more than that. Quinoa is a Peruvian cropped that forever changed the dietary history of the world. John…

In todays food consumption, majority of the food people consume will most likely contain genetically modified ingredients. People may think that the food they eat are healthy for them but they do not even know whats really inside. Genetically modified foods should be labeled due to health reasons. A reason would be that GMOs contains unknown genes which can be harmful to us where we wouldn’t even know. We should also have the right to know what is in the food we buy and consume. Also having…

Fake Food… to Eat or Not to Eat Throughout the world, foods are being genetically modified to improve production, lower price, and make the food more resistant to insects ( Agadoni). However, along with the use of genetically engineered crops follows controversy. Genetically modified foods, or GM’s, have a big support group but also an equally as big opposition. The use of genetically modified foods in the global supply should be limited to need based situations and only after more than…

Some of my favorite foods are La Tropicana’s famous Cuban sandwich. I also like Cuban toast and Spanish bean soup. Hispanics and Latino Americans have and are still influencing the United States. They influence all areas such as: Politics, History, Education, Business, and Food. However, since I am only twelve years old with very little knowledge of Hispanics and their accomplishments, I decided to do some research on the computer to see what I could find. I would use interview information…

Tortilla Soup: A Healthy Starter image002 Image source - www.fotosearch.com In winter’s dropped temperature each sip of hot soup offers the body a warm feel. Soups are a great option for nutritionally rich food tender lot of health benefits. The two things that matters a lot to make any dish healthy is its ingredients and way of cooking. And in case of soups mostly we cook all of healthy ingredients with low amount of oil using slow cooking method. There is no…

Genetically modified foods should be labelled. For the past 20 years till now genetically modified foods have been sold with no warning labels. That should be changed and here are three reasons why, it’s unhealthy, it’s a human right to know what is being consumed, and it’s also harmful to the environment. GMOs must be labelled so consumers make the right choices about what they are eating. Studies show that since GMO’s were introduced in 1996, there have been numerous health problems,…

Genetically Modified Foods The argument of genetically modified foods is an argument that has come up for discussion recently, especially with all of science’ advancements and new technologies. Food is a substance that is needed for survival. There are people in society that think genetically modified foods would help combat some of the issues that dwell within society today. Like any argument, there are two sides presented with this issue. There are those who believe that genetically…

There are about 10 crops produced and sold to consumers in the United States and corn is one of them. Native to Central America and unknown to the world prior to 1492, corn is a form of grass, known as grain (Pollan, 2006). Today, this plant is being genetically altered. US farmers have planted genetically modified corn seeds for decades (King Corn, 2007). Genetically modified corn is a food that has undergone a process where the genetics of the plant or organism has been modified by means of…

Did you know that a salad can kill you? Today in America, a large amount of food that we eat is grown in other countries. The producers or growers of the food ship it to America where we then distribute it to wholesalers. Along the shipping route, there is great chance that contamination of the food may occur. This contamination can lead to gastroenteritis, a condition with unpleasant symptoms and could even lead to death. In today’s lecture I was more surprised about the other ways that food…