Food Processing And Prodcution

Question 1

What is food processing

Answer 1

The stages in which raw ingredients are turned into food and made suitable for consumption

Question 2

Why is food processed

Answer 2

-make it safe to eat
-slow down spoilage
-add variety to the diet
-offer convenience to customers

Question 3

What is the “input” in a food production system

Answer 3

The different ingredients, materials, machinery and items that go into a system

Question 4

What is the “process” of a food production system

Answer 4

Different things that happen to the input to change it into the output

Question 5

What is the “output” of a food production system

Answer 5

The finished food product

Question 6

What is primary processing

Answer 6

When food has to be processed before it can be eaten - for example, wheat processed into flour

Question 7

What is secondary processing

Answer 7

When a food has already undergone primary processing and is then transformed into a food product - for example flour processed into pasta

Question 8

4 stages of wheat being grown and harvested

Answer 8

• wheat grown in a field

-harvesting process occurs which involves removing the wheat grains from the plant

-harvested wheat grains stored until needed for use

-harvested wheat transported to a mill

Question 9

4 stages of processing wheat into bread

Answer 9

CLEANING: wheat is cleaned and conditioned (to soften outer bran layer)

MILLING: flour milled using a range of rollers and sieves

FLOUR: the bran, wheat germ and endosperm are separated and blended into different types of flour; whole meal, brown and white

BREAD: secondary processing using the flour to convert them into bread. Steps include weighing, mixing, proving, shaping, baking and slicing