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Food Trends Review

Food Trends Review. Roni Tarver. How much of their disposable income do Americans spend on food? . Less than 11%. What is butterfat? . The natural fat of milk and a major component of butter. What is marbling?. The intramuscular fat that gives meat its flavor and tenderness.

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Food Trends Review

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  1. Food Trends Review RoniTarver

  2. How much of their disposable income do Americans spend on food? • Less than 11%

  3. What is butterfat? • The natural fat of milk and a major component of butter

  4. What is marbling? • The intramuscular fat that gives meat its flavor and tenderness

  5. What is the process of dressing cattle? • Removing the head, hide, hooves, and viscera from the carcass of an animal

  6. How are pigs processed? • They leave the skin on pigs. They also have the highest dressing percentage (72%) of all animals

  7. What is a good practice for disease prevention in a dairy? • The entire milking parlor must be thoroughly washed between milking cycles to help prevent disease

  8. What is farrowing? • The process of giving birth to a litter of pigs

  9. How much sheep/wool production is Texas responsible for? • 17 % of the total US products

  10. What distinguishes a lamb under one year of age from an older lamb? • Lambs under a year have a milder flavor of meat, and a break joint as compared to a ossified spool joint in lambs over a year of age.

  11. How often is turkey consumed? • Turkey is now consumed year-round. It is no longer considered a seasonal product.

  12. What is aquaculture? • The production of fish and other seafood in artificial settings

  13. What US state is the world’s second leading producer of pistachios? • California, after only being in the market for 25 years

  14. What is the most widely grown crop in our nation? • Corn. It is also the leading feed grain for livestock in the US.

  15. How much of the total world grain exports does our nation account for? • 44 percent

  16. What are forbs? • Unusual food items with woody stems

  17. Define Lactation • The act of giving milk

  18. Define Yearling • 14-month-old animal

  19. What is an example of a ruminant animal? • Cattle • Sheep

  20. What is an example of a monogastric animal? • Swine

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