Course: How Food is Made. Understanding Food Processing Technologies

The term, ‘food processing’ refers to any operation (mechanical, physical or chemical) carried out on food in order to change its properties. It can be a single operation or a …

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Congratulations! You’ve completed the course. Thank you for joining us over the last four Weeks where we’ve looked at the reasons for food processing, its history and benefits. We’ve introduced …

Levels of processing (answer to question 8) The participants were shown a selection of apple products and asked how processed they thought they were. They rated them from 1 to …

The answers provided by the survey participants were analysed and categorised in themes. So, for example, in question 1, ‘cooking’ and ‘chopping’ were the most common answers and were categorized …

There is an inconsistency between the negative perceptions consumers have of processed foods and the fact that the same consumers purchase and consume an enormous quantity of it. A qualitative …

In the previous Step we looked at how the EU considers health claims made on food products. Another area where regulation is used to protect the consumer is in the …

You may have noticed products on the supermarket shelves that claim they are good for your health. This might be in relation to heart health or growth and development. Some …

Legislation and regulation of foods is key to ensuring that you can have confidence in the safety of the food you eat. Because of this, the European Union (as well …

The success of new technologies for food processing is highly dependent on consumer response to the new products. Emerging technologies must be accompanied by transparent information from the food industry …

Food packaging has many functions and in its most basic form it is used to prevent food from coming into contact with contaminants, whilst also making items easier to handle …

The use of ionising radiation dates back to 1895, when Röntgen discovered X-rays. He described them as ‘fast moving electrons’. By 1896 the technology was already being considered for the …