What is Thermal processing of food preservation - Part I
Thermal processing
Thermal processing is defined as the combination of temperature and time required to eliminate a desired number of microorganisms from a food product.
The term "thermal" refers to processes involving heat.
Heating food is an effective way of preserving.
The basic purpose for the thermal processing of foods is,
to reduce or destroy microbial activity,
reduce or destroy enzyme activity,
and to produce physical or chemical changes,
to make the food meet a certain quality standard.