Characteristics of the Food Industry

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Chapter 2

• Characteristics of theFood Industry

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The Food Industry...

• Makes edible food items from relatively inedible
  raw ingredients
• Preserves foods during periods of high
  availability for consumption during off-season

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Food Processing Stages

• Primary converting unusable raw products into
  usable food components
• Examples
• Wheat flour
• Sugar beets sugar
• corn corn oil
• cattle hamburger

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Food Processing Stages

• Secondary converting usable food products into
  edible foods
• Examples
• Bakeries flour bread
• Canners fresh corn canned corn
• Dairies milk cheese, ice cream
• Meat processors meat hot dogs

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Food Processing Stages

• Tertiary Converting products from primary
  and/or secondary food processing into convenience
  foods
• Examples
• MeatVegFruit TV dinner
• Flourflavormushrooms Soup

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Food Science is the Largest Industry Combination
in the US

• Food Production
• Food Manufacturing
• Food Marketing
• Restaurants
• Institutional Food Service

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Food Produced in the U.S.
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of Income Spent on Food
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Food TrendsPer Capita Consumption (lbs.)
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Beverage Consumption TrendsLiters Per Capita

• 1960 144 liters 1990
• 66 liters

1960 136 liters 1990 63 liters
1960 57 liters 1990 105 liters
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• 1960 47 liters 1990
• 190 liters

1960 10 liters 1990 19 liters
1960 3 liters 1990 10 liters