Practice question
Assertion (A): Yield testing in institutional food service operations serves as a critical control mechanism for determining the actual edible portion (EP) from purchased raw materials, thereby enabling more accurate food cost estimation, minimizing hidden losses, and supporting standardization in large-scale production systems. Reason (R): Yield testing involves calculating the ratio between edible portion and as-purchased quantity by accounting for trimming losses, cooking shrinkage, and waste, which directly influences portion size determination and menu pricing strategies.
- 1A is false, but R is true
- 2A is true, but R is false
- 3Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
- 4Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A✓
Correct answer
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
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