Give five methods of food processing and discuss briefly.
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Give five methods of food processing and discuss briefly.
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1. Drying
This is perhaps the oldest method used by humans to preserve or process their food. Drying reduces the water content in the product, which in turn reduces the likelihood of bacterial growth.
2. Preservation
This includes heating (or boiling) in order to destroy micro-organisms, oxidation, toxic inhibition, dehydration or drying, a sort of cold pasteurization which destroys pathogens and various combinations of all these methods.
3. Sugaring
In this method fruits such as apples, peaches and plums are cooked with sugar until they are crystallized and then it is stored dry.
4. Freezing
This is the most common technique used in the modern world to preserve or process food both on a commercial and domestic basis.
5. Salting
Salt takes out the moisture from the food, hence is used in food processing. Meat is the best example of the food processed by salting as nitrates are used very frequently to treat meat.