Data
Year of publication
2020
Kind
Qualitative
Design
Literature Review
Classification
N/A
Country studied
Global
Data
Secondary
Data collected
Literature
Study setting
N/A
Age group of participants
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
N/A
Sample size
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Food processing needs, advantages, and misconceptions
goal
i) Emphasize the necessity of food processing for converting raw produce into food products and how it has evolved in response to the global challenge of food security and sustainability and ii) examine the validity of the use of extent of processing for classification of foods.
Results
Responsible food processing combined with re-formulation and recombining of ingredients improve the diversity of nutritious foods for modern diets. Confusion about the classification of processed and ultra-processed foods and calls to avoid such foods dismiss the necessity of processing for food and nutritional security. Nutritional advice for population health should be based on sound scientific evidence of nutritional value.
Authors
Knorr D & Augustin MA.
Log
Trends in Food Science & Technology
DOIs