| FOOD PROCCESSING |
| Food processing is defined in Wikipedia as the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw material into food for consumption by humans of course by using some food processors and in history used food processing equipment in various types.. Food processing industry is in this century a huge part of the industry used food processing machinery, employing highly educated staff like food engineers, chemical engineers and experts on biology, microbiology and genetic engineering. |
| processing incorporated slaughtering, various types of cooking, such as over fires, smoking, steaming, oven baking), fermenting, sun drying and preserving with salt. Foods preserved this way were a common part of warriors and sailor's diets up until the introduction of canned food. These crude processing techniques remained essentially the same until the advent of the industrial revolution. Modern food processing improves the quality of life for allergics, diabetics, and other people who cannot consume some common food elements. Food processing can also add extra nutrients. |
| There are following methods and techniques for food processing: Thermal Processing (Thermisation, Pasteurisation, Sterilisation) Evaporation (Concentration, Condensing) Dehydration (Drying) Freezing Irradiation High Pressure Processing Pulsed Electric Field Processing Baking, Extrusion, Frying Food processing dates back to the prehistoric ages when crude |
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