Food industry
Food Industry
The Food Industry (pronunciation: /fuːd ˈɪndəstri/) is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that supply most of the food consumed by the world's population. The term encompasses everything from growers and suppliers of raw materials to manufacturers of finished food products and the businesses that supply them.
Etymology
The term "Food Industry" is derived from the English words "food" (from Old English fōda) and "industry" (from Latin industria, meaning 'diligence, activity, zeal').
Related Terms
- Agriculture: The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- Food Processing: The transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food, or of food into other forms.
- Food Safety: The conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses.
- Food Packaging: The enclosing of food to protect it from damage, contamination, spoilage, pest attacks, and tampering, during transport, storage, and retail sale.
- Food Service: A broad term that includes all establishments where food is regularly served to people outside their home.
- Food Technology: The application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use of safe food.
- Nutrition: The science that interprets the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Food industry
- Wikipedia's article - Food industry
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