Even countries having ample food resources processed foods tends to be favorites to many consumers .Question here is not the food processing technology but the processed products which contains large amount of fat , sugar and salt .
Food processors needs to tackle these issues and make food processing and pre packaged food a healthier options for consumers . Here in India pre packaged food has not taken roots because of the fact that Indian population still prefers raw and home cooked food s , with abundance of food resources people love to have natural foods rather to have refrigerated or processed food .
An Article
No country has embraced the movement toward commercialized, prepackaged food as much as the United States.
Factory FoodAmericans eat 31 percent more packaged food than fresh food, and they consume more packaged food per person than their counterparts in nearly all other countries. A sizable part of the American diet is ready-to-eat meals, like frozen pizzas and microwave dinners, and sweet or salty snack foods.
"Americans tend to graze rather than sit down and eat a full meal, so the food is tailored for convenience," said Mark Gehlhar, who has studied global food consumer preferences at the Economic Research Service of the Agriculture Department. "And Americans do not seem to be as discerning about quality."
T. Colin Campbell, a nutritionist at Cornell University, said that "there is a lot of money tied up in the industry because it is profitable for companies to make these foods." He added that "Processed foods contain large amounts of fat, salt and sugar, and Americans have become addicted to them."
But epidemiologic studies have shown that diets with higher levels of fat, salt and sugar lead to higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
The Japanese eat a large amount of packaged frozen seafood, but it undergoes very little processing and has few chemical additives. Some Europeans eat a similar amount of packaged food per capita as Americans, but much of it is bakery bread and dairy products, rather than things like frozen toaster pastries and artificial nondairy creamer
Published: April 3, 2010
Source :http://www.nytimes.com/
Author:Hannah Fairfield
Temperature Profile for Biscuits In An Oven
Wire Band Biscuit Oven s have several heating zones each zones having specific action on biscuits
Heating Zones
Maximum Heat energy is utilised here to bake wet dough pieces as moisture content is higher here . Fuel consumed at this zone is maximum as load here is of wet dough pieces .
Baking Zones
Biscuits when partially baked travels to Baking zones here biscuits are subjected to higher temperatures to complete the baking and make it crisp .
Coloring Zones
Coloring Zone s function is to maintain the heat and add color to baked biscuit the dark brownish color or light brownish colors are achieved here as per the variety of biscuit.
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