How do food processors determine the nutrition facts of food? Like the amount of calories and stuff.?

Question by koopa troopa: How do food processors determine the nutrition facts of food? Like the amount of calories and stuff.?



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Answer by MatthewCalories are determined by burning the food inside what is known as a bomb calorimeter. They then measure the increase in temperature of a specific known quantity of water.

Protein is determined by a rather intricate process, but to sum it up it involves measuring the amount of ammonia collected from a dried food.

Lipids are

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