Nutrient stability
• effects on nutrients of agricultural practices, handling, processing, and storage on raw and processed foods;
• includes effects of cultivation, harvest, cleaning, freeze preservation, heat processing, baking, extrusion, moisture removal, fermentation, food additives, ionizing radiation;.
• effects of home preparation and commercial foodservice practices;
Nutrient Stability
• enrichment and protein complementation of foods;
• improvement of nutritional quality through plant breeding;
• role of the government in regulating nutritional value of the food supply