Have you ever tasted a delicious burger and wondered how it got so much flavor? Maybe you've heard your family talk about marinating foods before cooking or grilling them. A marinade is a mixture of seasonings used to flavor or tenderize food. Most cooks have strong opinions about the best way to marinate their favorite food, be it a large steak or a tofu burger. In this cooking and food science fair project, you will run controlled tests to see what factors are most important in making a marinade ingredient stick to the surface of food. Get ready to maximize your marinade.

Concepts

food science

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adsorption, cooking and food science fair project, marinade, science fair project, tofu, science buddies

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)