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  • 7837 - The Curious Chef: Food Experiments for KS3

Weblinks and videos for use with 7837 – The Curious Chef: Food Experiments for KS3

Safety Notes for Teachers

  • Advice on Food Allergen Labelling

Chemical Yo-yo

  • Bicarbonate of Soda Recipes

Stable Emulsions

  • Why Oil and Water Don't Mix
  • Common Culinary Emulsions
  • What Are Emulsifiers and Why Are They Used?
  • Emulsifiers

Bottled Eggs

  • How Acidic Drinks Affect Teeth
  • Calcium Fact Sheet

Slippery Cubes

  • Lubricants
  • Main Functions of Water in the Human Body
  • Why Do We Need to Eat Fat?
  • Human Digestive System
  • Colloids

Inflatable Balloons

  • Baking Soda Recipes
  • Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
  • Baking Powder Recipes
  • Kitchen Chemistry

We’re Safe, at ‘Yeast’ for Now!

  • Recipes
  • Explore Yeast

Videos

Sweet Crystals

  • What is Crystallisation?
  • Learn How to Control Crystallisation for Successful Sweets
  • Additives
  • Agency Revises Advice on Certain Artificial Colours

Videos

Churning Butter

  • The Truth About Fats: the Good, the Bad, and the In-between
  • Fat: the Facts

Videos

Eggs and Air

  • Protein Denaturation
  • Denaturation of Proteins (with Denaturing Agents)
  • Explore Food
  • The Culinary Uses of Eggs

Videos

No Whey!

  • How Cheese is Made
  • Nutrients in Cheese
  • British Cheeses

Jelly, Set, Go!

  • Proteolytic Enzyme
  • Protease
  • Applications of Proteases in the Food Industry
  • Proteases in the Food Industry
  • Why Won’t My Jelly Set?

Rotting Apples

  • Enzymatic Browning
  • Browning of Foods

Videos

The Great Balls of Gluten

  • What Role Does Gluten Play in Bread Making?
  • Explaining Gluten
  • Types of Flour

Colour Toasting

  • Carbohydrates - Chemical Structure
  • Carbohydrate

Iron Detector

  • Iron
  • Iron Deficiency Anaemia
  • Food Sources of Iron
  • Nutrition Requirements
  • Mag-nificent Breakfast Cereal

Salty Feast

  • Natural Salt Alternatives
  • High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Bread Salt

  • Salt
  • Yeast's Crucial Roles in Bread Baking

Videos

Your Nose Knows!

  • Olfactory System
  • Our Chemical Senses: Olfaction
  • Why Do We Lose Our Sense Of Taste During a Bad Cold?

Eggsellent Substitutes

  • Egg Nutrition
  • Egg Substitutions

Curing Meat

  • Salt - An Amazing History
  • Food Preservation
  • History of Meat Curing Process
  • Nitrates and Nitrites in Country Cured Products

Wet and Dry

  • BDA: The importance of hydration
  • Healthy Hydration
  • Water, Drinks and Your Health
  • Dehydration

Vitamin Detective

  • Measuring Vitamin C in Food
  • Vitamin C
  • Food Sources of Vitamin C

Natural Dyes

  • Anthocyanins and Anthocyanidins
  • Pigments, pH, and Beautiful Food Colors
  • Chlorophyll-bound Magnesium in Commonly Consumed Vegetables and Fruits: Relevance to Magnesium Nutrition

Videos

Taste, Sweet Taste

  • Individual Differences in Sour and Salt Sensitivity

Nuts About Fat

  • Omega-3
  • Nutrient Comparison Chart for Tree Nuts
  • The Health Benefits of... Nuts
  • Nuts and Your Heart: Eating Nuts for Heart Health
  • Allergy Conditions and Symptoms

Unsaturated Oils

  • What are Saturated and Unsaturated Fats?
  • Unsaturated Fats and Oils
  • A Guide to Cooking Oils

Burning Calories

  • Obesity
  • What is Energy Density?
  • Understanding Calories
  • Calories Burned Calculator

Face the Mould

  • Moulds On Food: Are They Dangerous?
  • Factors That Affect the Growth of Moulds
  • Teaching Children How to Cook Safely

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