Food Processing and Preservation

  1. Unit Operations in Food Processing
    1. Raw Material Handling
      1. Receiving and Inspection
        1. Quality Assessment
          1. Contamination Detection
          2. Cleaning Operations
            1. Dry Cleaning Methods
              1. Wet Cleaning Methods
                1. Sanitizing Procedures
                2. Sorting and Grading
                  1. Manual Sorting
                    1. Mechanical Sorting
                      1. Optical Sorting
                        1. Size Grading
                        2. Preparation Operations
                          1. Peeling Methods
                            1. Mechanical Peeling
                              1. Steam Peeling
                                1. Chemical Peeling
                                2. Trimming and Cutting
                                  1. Coring and Pitting
                                3. Size Reduction Operations
                                  1. Cutting and Slicing
                                    1. Knife Cutting
                                      1. Rotary Cutting
                                        1. Ultrasonic Cutting
                                        2. Grinding and Milling
                                          1. Hammer Mills
                                            1. Ball Mills
                                              1. Roller Mills
                                              2. Particle Size Control
                                                1. Size Distribution
                                                  1. Grinding Efficiency
                                                2. Mixing and Blending
                                                  1. Mixing Principles
                                                    1. Convective Mixing
                                                      1. Diffusive Mixing
                                                        1. Shear Mixing
                                                        2. Equipment Types
                                                          1. Ribbon Blenders
                                                            1. Paddle Mixers
                                                              1. High-Shear Mixers
                                                              2. Mixing Quality Assessment
                                                              3. Separation Processes
                                                                1. Mechanical Separation
                                                                  1. Screening and Sieving
                                                                    1. Vibrating Screens
                                                                      1. Rotary Screens
                                                                      2. Centrifugal Separation
                                                                        1. Disc Centrifuges
                                                                          1. Decanter Centrifuges
                                                                        2. Filtration
                                                                          1. Cake Filtration
                                                                            1. Depth Filtration
                                                                              1. Membrane Filtration
                                                                                1. Microfiltration
                                                                                  1. Ultrafiltration
                                                                                    1. Nanofiltration
                                                                                      1. Reverse Osmosis
                                                                                    2. Extraction
                                                                                      1. Solid-Liquid Extraction
                                                                                        1. Liquid-Liquid Extraction
                                                                                          1. Supercritical Fluid Extraction
                                                                                        2. Forming and Shaping
                                                                                          1. Extrusion Forming
                                                                                            1. Cold Extrusion
                                                                                              1. Hot Extrusion
                                                                                              2. Molding Operations
                                                                                                1. Compression Molding
                                                                                                  1. Injection Molding
                                                                                                  2. Depositing Systems
                                                                                                    1. Wire-Cut Depositing
                                                                                                      1. Rotary Depositing

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