Phenomena and Processes

Processed Food

Any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurizing, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing, packaging or other procedures that alter the food from its natural state. (from A Guide to Federal Terms and Acronyms. Lanham, MD: Government Institutes.1991)

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Abstract

Any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurizing, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing, packaging or other procedures that alter the food from its natural state. (from A Guide to Federal Terms and Acronyms. Lanham, MD: Government Institutes.1991)

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Food, Processed
  • Processed Foods
  • Ultra-Processed Foods
  • Foods, Processed
  • Ultra Processed Foods
  • Food, Ultra-Processed
  • Food, Ultra Processed
  • Foods, Ultra-Processed
  • Ultra-Processed Food

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8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Food (2010-2022)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G07.203.300w.523
  2. J02.500w.523

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NLM Classification

WA 708

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Processed Food. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092965
  2. Processed Food. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12582288