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DIRTY SECRETS of the Food Processing Industry
We have always processed our Food.
That is something that humans do.
We cook our food, that is one
type of processing, as well as ferment, grind, soak, bake and chop.
All of these are types of food...
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DIRTY SECRETS of the Food Processing Industry
We have always processed our Food.
That is something that humans do.
We cook our food, that is one
type of processing, as well as ferment, grind, soak, bake and chop.
All of these are types of food
processing.
TRADITIONAL FOOD PROCESSING
Traditional processing has two functions: to make food more digestible and to preserve it for use during
times when food is not readily available.
This type of processing produced traditional foods like
sausage and the old fashioned puddings and haggis, as well as grain products, dairy products, pickles,
everything from wine and spirits to lacto fermented beverages.
Farmers and artisans – bread makers,
cheese makers, distillers, millers and so forth – processed these foods.
They made delicious foods that
retained their nutritional content and kept the profits on the farm and in the farming communities where
it belonged.
INDUSTRIAL FOOD PROCESSING
Unfortunately, in modern times, we have largely rep
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