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Is defined as the combination of temperature and time required to eliminate a desired
number of microorganisms from a food product.
There are two main temperature categories employed in thermal processing:
Pasteurization and Sterilisation. The basic purpose for the thermal processing of foods
is to reduce or destroy microbial activity, reduce or destroy enzyme activity and to
produce physical or chemical changes to make the food meet a certain quality standard.
e.g. gelatenization of starch & denaturation of proteins to produce edible food. There
are a number of types of heat processing employed by the food industry.
Mild processes are :-
1. Blanching
2. Pasteurization
More severe processes are
1. Canning
2. Baking
3. Roasting
4. Frying
Titany answered the question on November 5, 2021 at 05:13
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