Food Processing Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

Food processing is the process of transforming raw ingredients into food. The process takes clean crops or animal products and uses them to produce long shelf life products that are highly marketable.

Food processing has been in existence since pre-historic days. Slaughtering, fermenting and preserving foods with salt were the common methods used until canning began. Modern food processing emerged in the late nineteenth century. Canning, freeze drying, artificial sweeteners and preservatives were introduced. In the twentieth century, convenience foods became popular. Frozen foods such as TV dinners became available in all supermarkets.

There are many benefits associated with food processing. The removal of toxins, preservation of perishable foods that are transported from long distances and the removal of pathogenic micro-organisms are just a few examples. Today’s supermarkets would not be feasible without modern food processing methods and military campaigns would be near impossible to execute.

Processed food eliminated the time consuming task of preparing and cooking unprocessed foods and increased free time especially for working people. Food processing can be helpful to people with different allergies who are unable to eat certain food elements.

The negatives associated with food processing include the destruction of certain vitamins as a result of the heating process. In the majority of foods that are processed, there is a loss of between 5%-20% of nutrient value. Additives are another drawback. The risks of additives will vary depending on the health issues of each individual. Salt would be harmful to those with high blood pressure and sugar as an additive would be damaging to a diabetic.

Examples of food processing industries and practices include the sugar industry, vegetable packing plants, meat packing plants, slaughterhouses, canneries and fish processing plants.

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Food Processing Industry Research & Market Reports

  • Food Processing: United States

    ... terms of: meat, poultry, and seafood; dairy products; grains and oilseeds; bakery and related products; processed fruits and vegetables; animal food; sugar and confectionary products; and other manufactured foods, such as condiments and sauces, dry ... Read More

  • COVID-19 Economic Impact Report: Global Food Processing Machinery

    ... in March 2020. Since then, the unfolding scope of the global COVID-19 pandemic has required a reassessment of the marketplace. This slide deck presents new insights on the global food processing machinery industry and macroeconomic ... Read More

  • Food Processing Machinery: Canada

    ... baking machinery; meat, poultry, and seafood machinery; beverage production machinery; dairy and milk machinery; fruit, nut, and vegetable machinery; chocolate and confectionery machinery; other food processing machinery such as drying, mixing, and oil extraction equipment; ... Read More

  • Global Food Processing Machinery

    ... poultry, and seafood machinery; chocolate and confectionery machinery; beverage production machinery; dairy and milk machinery; fruit, nut, and vegetable machinery; other food processing machinery such as drying, mixing, and oil extraction equipment; and parts and ... Read More

  • Food Processing Machinery: Europe

    ... baking machinery; meat, poultry, and seafood machinery; chocolate and confectionery machinery; dairy and milk machinery; beverage production machinery; fruit, nut, and vegetable machinery; other food processing machinery such as drying, mixing, and oil extraction equipment; ... Read More

  • Global Food Processing Machinery

    ... are the expansion of the world food and beverage industries; rising mechanization rates in developing markets; and the growing use of state-of-the-art processing technologies in North America, Europe, and Japan. As manufacturers work to develop ... Read More

  • Food Processing Machinery: United States

    ... baking machinery; meat, poultry, and seafood machinery; beverage production machinery; dairy and milk machinery; chocolate and confectionery machinery; fruit, nut, and vegetable machinery; other food processing machinery such as drying, mixing, and oil extraction equipment; ... Read More

  • Global Food Processing Machinery by Type and Region, 4th Edition

    ... processed foods in developing countries, which will stimulate demand for associated manufacturing equipment. The replacement of older machinery in mature markets will also contribute to value gains. This report analyzes food processing machinery by type ... Read More

  • Food & Beverage Hydrocolloids: United States

    ... by product as follows: plant and seed gums and extracts, seaweed extracts, and xanthan gum. To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in an annual series from 2006 to 2016; the various segments are ... Read More

  • Is Sugar The Next Tobacco?

    ... the top of the dietary health agenda during the past three years. In response, governments across the world are introducing taxes designed principally to limit sugar consumption as a means of tackling rising obesity rates ... Read More

  • World Agricultural Equipment

    ... in developing nations will transition from manual farming to mechanized farming techniques in order to boost production and increase the efficiency of their operations. In this report, the world agricultural industry is segmented by product ... Read More

  • Advances In Controlled Release Technologies For Foods

    ... explore how to improve the organoleptic properties of products, they look to novel methods and techniques to help them make a product as appealing as possible to consumers. Encapsulation optimizes the release and delivery of ... Read More

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