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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Of the roughly 450,000 technical interns in Japan as of June, just under half were from Vietnam and worked across agriculture, construction and food processing.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
"This is important, because it helps isolate the effect of food processing on energy intake," DiFeliceantonio said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
Distillery owner Brown-Forman, discount-store chain Dollar General, food processing company Hormel Foods, supermarket operator Kroger, and IT company Hewlett Packard Enterprise are scheduled to report earnings on Thursday.
From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025
Prof Jules Griffin, from the University of Aberdeen, said there were some positive sides to food processing, and more research to understand how it influences our health was "urgently needed".
From BBC • Nov. 19, 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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