Essentials of Food Science - nutrition- science

  TOPICS selection: Choose one of the three commodities below on which to create the written assignment and infographic. Title: A closer look at a food commodity: Nutritional, health (positive and negative) and safety aspects (food borne illnesses associated with the commodity or chemical risks) Criteria and requirements: You need to select one commodity group from the below three commodity groups to work on the assignment I have chosen the following as the topic to be presented. Nuts (peanut and tree-nuts) In this assignment topic, you need to focus on one of the commodities • Discuss the nutritional contribution (from the composition of the commodity) and health promoting characteristics /attributes of the commodity. Also consider any negative health aspects of the selected commodity. (As an example, if we consider cereals, dietary fibre in cereals helps to reduce cardiovascular disease (positive aspect). Gluten intolerance is a negative health aspect). • Discuss possible safety concerns if any associated with the selected commodity (common biological and chemical risks , food recalls/outbreaks associated with the commodity) • Highlight any development/innovation/current research on the selected commodity in relation to nutritional contribution, health outcomes or safety concern . • Organise the assignment with subheadings and include the most relevant information relevant to the criteria • Use tables where possible to add details such as statistics, data, and summary information . Part 1 -   The report needs to contain an introduction, body (main discussion) and conclusion or a summary. The main discussion on the topic needs to contain information that are most relevant and important to the topic. Structure the report using relevant sub headings for clear and logical presentation. Use tables and charts/figures, where necessary to provide summary of information/data or statistics). Use photos where applicable to enhance the presentation of the report. • Tables, figures, subheadings and tables/figure titles are excluded from the word count. • Font size and line spacing for the report: More importantly focus on clarity and readability:12 font size and double spacing