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processed foods

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005189

Foods that are manufactured, usually on a large scale, using any of a wide variety of processing techniques, most often with the goal of preserving food for market.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005189
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
Synonymsprocessed products (foods)
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofoods; food processing; Western diets; processing technology; processing quality; processing market; textured foods; processed seafood; minimally processed foods; prepared foods
TranslationsSpanish: alimentos procesados
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005189",
  "term": "processed foods",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Foods that are manufactured, usually on a large scale, using any of a wide variety of processing techniques, most often with the goal of preserving food for market.",
  "synonyms": [
    "processed products (foods)"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "foods",
    "food processing",
    "Western diets",
    "processing technology",
    "processing quality",
    "processing market",
    "textured foods",
    "processed seafood",
    "minimally processed foods",
    "prepared foods"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "alimentos procesados"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/processed-foods/"
}

Record 5,189 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.