Minimally Processed Foods 1 article

Minimally processed foods remain close to their original food form even after basic steps such as washing, cutting, chilling, freezing, pasteurizing or simple cooking. Plain frozen vegetables, rolled oats, unsalted nuts and pasteurized milk illustrate how processing can improve safety or convenience without creating a complex industrial formulation. The concept focuses on the nature and purpose of processing, not on an assumption that every processed food is nutritionally poor. Ingredient additions and major reformulation move products further from this category.