Food processing

not a stranger to the food industry. “From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Harmening was based in Lausanne, Switzerland, as president of Cereal Partners Worldwide, General Mills’ overseas joint venture with Nestle SA”. (Gasparro, 2016) His actions while President overseas has played a pivotal role in the selection of him as the next CEO of General Mills. Since his return to the United States, he has led a battle that acquired a company named Annie’s that specialized in organic, healthy foods. This venture…

been rapidly advancing and humans have been able to grow and preserve vast amounts of food. The substantial and definite surplus of food in the world has given rise to health concerns including heart disease, obesity, cancer, and strokes. Accredited journalist Michael Moss educates his readers in “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” by investigating the obesity crisis largely caused by processed food. A quote from Yale University professor, Kelly Brownell, did the unthinkable and…

that sees some of its fiercest battles in the food industry. The “consequential question” that Michael Pollan raises of “to cook or not to cook” is very relevant to our efforts to maintain some degree of personal autonomy within modern society (Pollan 22). While by cooking our own food we can achieve some degree of independence from the nutrition-industrial complex, complete escape is next to impossible; however, our inevitable partial reliance on the food industry neither asserts a corporate…

Do you really know what is in the meat that we eat? Eric Schlosser has written a book on the process of meat packing plants that begs the question (Fast Food Nation). His work bears a remarkable similarity to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle written almost one hundred years ago. Schlosser wrote his book from a different approach but contains shocking information of how our meat is still processed today. He is rightly known as the Upton Sinclair of today. Schlosser went on a meat packing tour and…

packing and poultry workers’ union. These “bloody aproned” workers had to come together to work to improve their current conditions. To put it plainly, these “conditions” were purely unacceptable and inhumane. Meat and poultry processing and packaging is the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals (i.e. pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens, turkey, and other miscellaneous livestock). This industry really brought up pace with railroad construction…

High Pressure Processing (HPP) is a nonthermal technology that has been recently adopted by the food industry with the perspective of expansion into new markets and products. The potential of maintaining the nutritional, sensory, and functional quality while inactivating deteriorative microorganisms and enzymes turns this technology very appropriate for matching the increasing consumer demand for healthier and safer products. High pressure in many applications has little or no effect on…

amount of food that is wasted per year on the planet. At the same time, some countries have faced a serious aliment crisis as consequence of the poverty and hunger. By 2075, the world population can reach 9.5 billion people (Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2013), so, the increase of food production is important to combat that issue. However, before that, food loss reduction is essential in order to avoid excessive costs and save money for governments and companies. All food processing, from…

The food industry has been changing and evolving since the onset of production processing. While shopping, consumers can become confused with all of the different labels placed on specific foods. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently regulates the definition and placement of the "organic" label as food grown without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, and cannot have any artificial ingredients, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), hormones, or antibiotics (Hari 1). On the other…

ingredients of a food, do you see a lot of ingredients you wouldn’t expect? Do you wonder how food lasts so long? Both of these are done through food additives. They add nutrition, preserve the product, maintain consistency, and retain flavor and color. But they are also mostly artificial. Before the 1800’s, people would mostly grow and process their food by themselves. It wasn’t until after the civil war that the majority of people started working in factories and needed food grown and…

(Neill-Reynolds 4). The report to the president ultimately resulted in the Food and Drug Administration. Progressives wanted the Public Health Reform of Food Safety, and the Neill-Reynolds report was a gateway to it’s fame. President Theodore Roosevelt took action upon the report by creating the Meat Inspection Act. These reforms were successful during the Progressive era because they changed the conditions of meat processing and American society is…