What Is Food Processing
What Is Food Processing
What Is Food Processing
LAILA D. PINERA
FOOD PROCESSING
• It means transforming food items into a
form that can be used.
• It cover the processing of raw materials
into food or finished product via different
physical and chemical processes.
FOOD PROCESSING
• Various activities covered in this process
are mincing, cooking, canning,
liquefaction, pickling, macerating and
emulsification
• It also a method used to turn fresh foods
into products that can involve one or
combination of various processes.
FOOD PROCESSING
• It also includes adding ingredients to food to
instances like to extend shelf life
• In general, food processing transforms
agricultural products into food or of one food
into other forms
FOOD PROCESSING
• Primary food processing is necessary to make
most foods edible
• Secondary food processing turns the
ingredients into familiar foods, like bread
• Tertiary food processing has been criticized for
promoting overnutrition and obesity,
containing much sugar and salt. Or other
words unhealthful
FOOD PROCESSING
• Food Preservation is the main purpose of food
processing by which food is kept from spoilage
after harvest or slaughter
• Among the oldest methods of preservation
are drying, refrigeration, and fermentation.
• Modern methods include canning,
pasteurization, freezing, irradiation and
addition of chemicals
METHODS OF FOOD
PROCESSING
CANNING
FERMENTATION
Used in the production of alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer and cider
and in the preservation of foods such as sauerkraut, dry sausages and yogurt
and raising bread production.
METHODS OF FOOD
PROCESSING
FREEZING
PASTEURIZATION
Is a process named after the scientist Louis Pasteur that applies heat to
destroy pathogens in foods.
Food is heated and then quickly cooled down to kill micro organisms.
METHODS OF FOOD
PROCESSING
SMOKING
Is the exposure of cured meat and fish products to smoke to preserve them
and increase their palatability adding flavor and imparting a rich brown
color.
ADDITIVES
Food additives are added for purposes, whether to ensure food safety or
maintain food quality during the shelf-life of a product.