1120 Processed Foods

If natural foods are unprocessed, that begs the definition of “processed.”According to the USDA, processing food is defined as washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurizing, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing & packaging. That pretty much includes everything but picking it and eating it raw out of your hand. It seems obvious that all foods are processed for good reason: washing & cleaning are simply obvious; mixing foods evenly combine multiple ingredients, and makes them taste better because it changes the molecular arrangement of fatty acids to better fit into the taste receptors on your tongue and the olfactory receptors in your nose; cooking breaks down protein bonds which also makes food taste better, plus easier to chew & digest; milling turns wheat into flour; pasteurizing kills bacteria in milk for safety; drying, canning & freezing allow people to store food; and to not use packaging would defy logic.