food processing
Americannoun
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the changing of agricultural products into something that humans or animals can eat.
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the use of a food processor to prepare an ingredient.
Example Sentences
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Recognizing that these bacteria can spread through passive fluid flows may help improve sanitation strategies in food processing facilities.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
"This is important, because it helps isolate the effect of food processing on energy intake," DiFeliceantonio said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
In recent months, major food processing companies have felt more than a slight pinch.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
TreeHouse Foods agreed to be taken private by Investindustrial, a European investment firm, in an all-cash transaction that values the food processing company at $2.9 billion.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
A large food processing company offered to buy the rights and sell the hot dogs in stores, but Milton, mistakenly thinking that popularity is eternal, rejected it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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