至尊英语阅读资料之食品饮料专题第17集.pdfVIP

Food and beverage articles 17 [401]Ingredients and Flavors Playing an Important Role in Food Processing In this ever-increasing and fast developing food processing industry, ingredients and flavors have been acknowledged as the most important factor long time back. Point to be noted here is that once upon a time, they were considered as the sidelined and unimportant part of any food. The people of todays time has changed their taste completely and now what they want is generous and local food rather than exotic and haute food. This is the reason why these small but important inclusions i.e. ingredients and flavors have become the driving forces of the food industry. Whether its the processed food, the home-cooked meal or and beverages, these ingredients have taken the most important place and used as a decisive factor to set the taste, texture, color, overall facade and presentation. Not only this, these flavors and ingredients gives birth to new and tastier food items, plus, they also further enhances the taste of existing products. With the slow but continuous change in the taste preferences of the consumer, the concept of global flavor has also become very famous. Global flavor means a product would have same taste anywhere in the world. For this purpose, special ingredients and flavors are prepared so that they give the exact taste and odor to the food regardless of the place they are in. The main workforce in todays specialist ingredient and flavor market is the accelerated trend towards snacking and eating convenience combined with the globalization of the food processing industry. This globalization became a reality by the global expansion of food manufacturing companies and food processing companies. Not only this, their mission to provide the regular supply of world-class quality food products has also helped this industry in getting the global appearance. The sudden increase in demand and liking of ready-to-eat food and for preserved