Food quality

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002610",
  "term": "Food quality",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Ratings of the characteristics of food including flavor, appearance, nutritional content, and the amount of microbial and chemical contamination.",
  "synonyms": [
    "food properties",
    "wholesomeness"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "food science",
    "product quality",
    "food composition",
    "food safety",
    "2-methylisoborneol",
    "geosmin",
    "food law",
    "noodle industry",
    "spoilage microorganisms",
    "hedonic scales",
    "Codex Alimentarius",
    "food additives",
    "active food packaging",
    "seafood contamination",
    "food fraud",
    "egg quality",
    "Food and Drug Administration Food Code",
    "sensory evaluation",
    "perishable foods",
    "food contamination",
    "standards of identity",
    "Maillard reaction products",
    "nutritive value",
    "food processing quality",
    "meat quality",
    "food matrix",
    "food spoilage",
    "chewiness",
    "fillet quality",
    "enzymatic browning",
    "grain quality",
    "fruit quality",
    "cheese quality",
    "vegetable quality",
    "milk quality",
    "defect action levels",
    "digestibility",
    "beverage quality",
    "drip loss",
    "palatability",
    "food nutrient losses",
    "food surfaces",
    "juice quality",
    "juiciness",
    "falling number",
    "food texture"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "calidad de los alimentos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/food-quality/"
}