9^th Global Food Security Food Safety and Sustainability

Food Processing & Technology

Food Processing Technology includes a set of physical, chemical, or microbiological methods and techniques used to transmute/transform raw ingredients into food and its transformation into other food processing firms. Food Processing Technology covers various topics such as Food processing technology operations include many methods used to add value to the raw food materials (including marine products, poultry, and meat), consumed by human beings or animals. Raw food materials are transformed into edible products processing and value addition. The operations involved in food processing are mainly classified into two groups, viz., primary processing and secondary processing. This employs rural people, including women, and prevents capital drain from rural to urban areas, thereby narrowing down the economic disparity between rural & urban populations.