Project Gutenberg 2007-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 505 Snyder, Harry 1867 1927 Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value" by Harry Snyder is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a textbook for agricultural students, focusing on the composition and physical properties of various foods as well as factors influencing their nutritive value. Its aim is to enhance understanding of human nutrition, promoting intelligent food selection and utilization for better health outcomes. The opening of the work presents a preface outlining the instructional background at the University of Minnesota, where Snyder authored this text to fill the evident need for a concise resource on human foods. He emphasizes the significance of understanding food composition and cooking processes, detailing how these elements affect dietary efficiency and economic health. Early chapters are designed to introduce fundamental concepts such as the general composition of foods, including discussions on water content, dry matter, nutrients—like proteins, fats, and carbohydrates—and their roles in nutrition and food preparation. The text is structured to be accessible not only to students but also to laymen, reflecting the author's desire to elevate the study of food as a vital part of daily life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Food TX Text Technology Cookbooks and Cooking Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Nutrition Category: Nutrition Category: Teaching & Education 812170 2025-06-09T03:50:43.397654 text/html 761578 2007-03-22T16:40:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2854188 2021-01-01T22:07:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2742328 2025-06-09T03:51:06.443589 application/epub+zip 2741312 2025-06-09T03:50:50.463666 application/epub+zip 304609 2025-06-09T03:50:47.249668 application/epub+zip 3082177 2025-06-09T03:51:16.220489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3006387 2025-06-09T03:51:02.882560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565580 2022-09-10T04:37:35.252385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567118 2025-06-09T03:50:40.563675 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 566770 2021-01-01T22:07:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 183980 2021-01-01T22:07:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 566958 2021-01-01T22:07:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183950 2021-01-01T22:07:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21015 2025-06-09T03:51:16.401507 application/rdf+xml 15586 2025-06-09T03:50:47.958631 image/jpeg 3503 2025-06-09T03:50:47.610648 image/jpeg 3717267 2025-06-09T03:50:43.640652 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia