Presentation supervised by

Mrs.Ghalmat

Subject : Food Processing

 Plan
 Definition

 Process

 Benefits

 Drawbacks

 Some videos
 Definition :
What is Food processing ?
• Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or
of one form of food into other forms.
• Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from
grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industrial
methods used to make convenience foods.

Some food processing methods play important roles in reducing food waste

and improving food preservation, thus reducing the total environmental
impact of agriculture and improving food security.
Process :
a . Primary food processing :

• Primary food processing turns agricultural products, such as raw

wheat kernels or livestock, into something that can eventually be
eaten. This category includes ingredients that are produced by
ancient processes such as drying, threshing, winnowing and milling
grain, shelling nuts, and butchering animals for meat.

Primary food processing is necessary to make most foods edible.

b . Secondary food processing :

• Secondary food processing is the everyday process

of creating food from ingredients that are ready to
use.
• Baking bread , fermenting fish, sausages and
making wine, beer and other alcoholic products are
traditional forms of secondary food processing.
• Most of the secondary food processing methods
known to humankind are commonly described
as cooking methods.

  Secondary food processing turns

the ingredients into familiar foods.
c . Tertiary food processing

• Tertiary food processing is the commercial

production of what is commonly
called processed food. These are ready-to-eat or
heat-and-serve foods, such as TV dinners and
re-heated airline meals.

  Tertiary food processing has been criticized for

being unhealthful in respect to dietary needs of
humans and farm animals.
Benefits :

• Benefits of food processing include toxin removal,

preservation, easing marketing and distribution tasks,
and increasing food consistency. In addition, it increases
yearly availability of many foods, enables transportation
of delicate perishable foods across long distances and
makes many kinds of foods safe to eat by de-activating
spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms.
• Modern food processing also improves the quality of life
for people with allergies, diabetics, and other people
who cannot consume some common food elements.
Food processing can also add extra nutrients such
as vitamins.
Drawbacks :
• Processing of food can decrease its nutritional density.
• New research highlighting the importance to human health
of a rich microbial environment in the intestine indicates
that abundant food processing (not fermentation of foods)
endangers that environment.
• Food processing does have some benefits, such as making
food last longer and making products more convenient.
However, heavily processed foods also have drawbacks.
Whole foods and those that are only minimally processed,
like frozen vegetables without any sauce, tend to be
healthier. An unhealthy diet high in fat, added sugar and
salt, such as one containing much highly processed food,
can increase the risk for cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart
disease, according to the World Health Organization.