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Food Processing and Food Products Developments Assignment

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  Food Processing and Food Products Developments Food Processing  Food Processing is the set of Methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or slaughtered and butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long-life food products. Similar process are used to produce animal feed. Processed foods are foods that have been changed mechanically or chemically on a domestic or commercial level. The food processing sector is highly fragmented industry, it widely comprises of the following sub-segments: fruits and vegetables, milk and milk products, beer and alcoholic beverages, meat and poultry, marine products, grain processing, packaged or convenience food and packaged drinks. A huge number of entrepreneurs in this industry are small in terms of thei

Herbs as Health Foods | Pharmacognosy|Pharmacy

Herbs as Health Foods Herbs: Herb is a plant whose leaves, flowers, or seeds are used to flavor food, in medicines, or for their pleasant smell.     Health Foods: The food that is believed to be good for you because it does not contain artificial chemicals or much sugar or fat. Alfalfa   Synonyms: Lucerne or purple medic, Buffalo herb Biological source: lt is the dried whole herb of Medicago sativa ; Family: Fabaceae Chemical constituents: lt contains saponins, coumarins, flavonoids, phytosterols, phytoestrogens, and alkaloids. It also contains calcium, potassium, phosphorous, iron, and vitamins A, C, E, and K, Asparagine, Coumestrol, Estrogens, Fructose, Malonic acid, Myristic acid, Stigmasterol, Triacontanol, Amino acids, Oxalic acid, Sucrose, Malic acid, Morphine, Palmitic acid, Salicylic acid Uses: It is often eaten as a garnish. It is used in the treatment of high cholesterol, diabetes,indigestion; asthma, arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis), upset stomach, exc