Post-harvest processing and value addition is the most important aspect related to all the food products. Processing of agricultural commodities means converting the raw food material in to consumer acceptable form with increased shelf life and maintained nutritional quality. It can be achieved through various conventional food processing methods like drying, dehydration, evaporation, extrusion, freezing etc. The main lacunae with these conventional methods are loss of colour, flavour, vitamins and other nutrients due to higher temperature and longer processing time. | An elementary review on principles and applications of modern non-conventional food processing technologies
