What is GOOD QUALITY FOOD
What is Good Food
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Food that is nutritious, healthy, and tastyGood food refers to food that is nutritious, healthy, and tasty. It is produced in a nature-friendly way by farmers, fishers, or food producers who get a decent price for their product. Good food is also good for the environment, meaning it is in season, sustainably produced, low-climate impact, and has the highest animal welfare standards. Good food enhances the condition of its consumers and growers, maintains the health of the environment, and generates a profit for the grower
Eating a balanced diet Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. This page covers healthy eating advice for the general population.
Food groups in your diet The Eatwell Guide shows that to have a healthy, balanced diet, people should try to:eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. Base meals on higher fibre starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice or pasta have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks)eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other protein. Choose unsaturated oils and spreads, and eat them in small amounts & drink plenty of fluids (at least 6 to 8 glasses a day)
Try to choose a variety of different foods from the 5 main food groups to get a wide range of nutrients.
What Is Food Quality?
The term food quality represents the sum of all properties and attributes of a food item that are acceptable to the customer.
Defining Food Quality
Typically, the term food quality represents the sum of all properties and attributes of a food item that are acceptable to the customer. These food quality attributes include:
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Appearance (including size, shape, colour, gloss and consistency)
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Texture
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Flavour
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Nutritional content
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Ethical and sustainable production
Food safety and adhering to the standards set out in legislation can also be considered as elements of food quality as they contribute to consumers acceptance of a food product and can be used as a marketing tool to trade products in countries with high food safety standards.
Although the term food quality is commonly used it is not easy to define as the ‘acceptability’ and value of a food can varying from customer to customer; in different regions and cultures among other factors. Thus, unless it makes reference to particular criteria or standards, the general term quality can be subjective.
As a result, in the food industry, the quality attributes or criteria of a food product are typically defined in the product specification. It is conformance to these specifications that determine quality. In order to ensure the production of food within specification and allow continued access to competitive markets which demand consistent quality and a stable supply, quality management systems are used.