CHAPTER 1

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 Food preservation and methods

The food industry utilizes a variety of technologies such as thermal processing

dehydration, refrigeration, and freezing to preserve food materials. The goals of
these food preservation methods include eliminating harmful pathogens present
in food and minimizing or eliminating spoilage micro-organisms and enzymes for
shelf life extension
Maintaining or creating nutritional value, texture and flavor is an important aspect
of food preservation

Techniques of food preservation

Food preservation methods

Traditional curing Industrial/modern

techniques techniques

Drying, cooling , Fermentation Pasteurization, vacuum

freezing ,canning , Packing, artificial food
pickling ,sugaring and additives, irradiation,
salting, smoking , Pulsed electric field, modified
jellying ,jugging, atmosphere, non thermal
heating, lye plasma, bio-preservation, high
pressure food preservation
preservation , hurdle
technology