Chapter

Food Processing

From Human Nutrition by Human Nutrition

Concepts

1. Food Processing

   "Food processing includes the methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into packaged food. Workers in this industry use harvested crops or slaughtered and butchered livestock to create

2. Food Additives

   "If you examine the label for a processed food product, it is not unusual to see a long list of added materials. These natural or synthetic substances are food additives, and there are more than three

3. Additive Safety

   "The FDA works to protect the public from potentially dangerous additives. Passed in 1958, the Food Additives Amendment states that a manufacturer is responsible for demonstrating the safety of an add