In Your Food

by Crewe, Sabrina

• ISBN13: 9781604138245
• ISBN10: 1604138246
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

reveals the wonders of microscopic life in and on what we eat-from bread and cheese to fruit and vegetables. Readers will find that their food is full of invisible organisms, many of which are useful and some of which are harmful.

Table of Contents

What Are You Eating?	p. 4
Bread and Microfungi	p. 6
Milk and Bacteria	p. 8
Yogurt and Cheese	p. 10
Fruit	p. 12
Vegetables and Grains	p. 14
Magnified Meat	p. 16
Meat Microbes	p. 18
Pantry Pests	p. 20
What's in the Water?	p. 22
Keeping Food Safe	p. 24
Inside Food Cells	p. 26
Size and Scale	p. 28
About Microscopes	p. 28
Micro-Detective	p. 29
Glossary	p. 30
Explore These Web Sites	p. 31
Index	p. 32
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Excerpts

As you eat a sandwich with cheese and drink a glass of milk, did you ever think that there are organisms that live in these foods? From the yeast that makes the bread dough rise to the mold that can spoil a loaf and the bacteria that makes yogurt healthy for our bodies to the fungi that helps make cheese, various organisms are integral to the foods we eat and drink every day.In Your Foodshows how these microscopic critters eat the same foods we do, and what effects they can have on the fruits, veggies, and other foods in our lives.

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