Food Production Operations (Book with DVD)

Food production is the process of transforming raw ingredients into prepared food products. Food production includes industries that take raw food products and convert them into marketable food items. The food production industry takes fruits, vegetables and grains in their harvested forms as well as meat directly after the butchering process and processes these into the types of food products that are available for sale in supermarkets. Food production ranges from minimal processing, such as cleaning and packaging, to complicated processes involving lots of additives and ingredients. Food production processes create products with longer shelf lives than raw food ingredients. Food Production Operations is an activity of preparing food products on mass scale and all the operations pertaining to it. This book introduces you to various cereals and pulses as well as culinary seeds, spices, nuts, and herbs. It also introduces you to various equipment, cooking methods, menus, and cookery. Food Production and its related operations are integral elements of hospitality management, hotel management, and restaurant businesses. It requires a skilled sta  who can produce a wide variety of quality foods.