food processing: Quick Facts

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A cheesemaker adds salt to cheese curds at a dairy.

Pasteurization of Milk

harvested tomatoes

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How bacteria growth affects food spoilage and diseases

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Topics

Cereal processing food preservation meat processing fat and oil processing fish processing vegetable processing fruit processing Poultry processing food additive cheese making Agricultural technology automation gastronomy materials testing aquaculture Domestication materials processing production system storage packaging

Key People

Cadbury, George

George Cadbury

British businessman

Philip Danforth Armour

Philip Danforth Armour

American entrepreneur

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Ralph Helstein

American labor leader

Candler

Asa Griggs Candler

American manufacturer

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Jean Étienne de Boré

American agriculturalist

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

American agricultural chemist

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A Few Facts About Food Processing Quiz

Slices of lemon pie topped with meringue.

Baking and Baked Goods Quiz