Food Processing

Question 1

What is food processing

Answer 1

Turning raw ingredients into food safe for consumption

Question 2

What are the three parts of production

Answer 2

Input
Process
Output

Question 3

What is the process of wheat

Answer 3

Wheat is grown
Harvesting process removes grains from the plant
Wheat grains are stored
Harvested wheat is transferred to a mill
Wheat is cleaned and conditioned
Flour is milled using rollers and sieves

Question 4

How much of the original grain is used for brown flour

Answer 4

85 percent

Question 5

How is wheat turned into bread

Answer 5

Weighing
Mixing
Proving
Shaping
Baking
Slicing

Question 6

How is milk processed

Answer 6

Cows are milked twice a day
Milk is stored at 4 degrees and transported for processing
Milk is heated to a high temperature to destroy pathogenic bacteria (pasteurisation)
Pasteurised milk is separated into cream and liquid
Cream and liquid are reblended
Homogenisation is used to get rid of large fat molecules

Question 7

What is the bacteria used to turn milk into cheese

Answer 7

Rennet