What are the types of convenience food?

Question

and what are the examples of each type?

Answer 1

onvenience foods or tertiary processed foods are foods which are designed to save consumers time in the kitchen, reduce costs due to spoilage, and reduce costs using economies of scale. These foods require minimum preparation, typically just heating, and are packaged for a long shelf life with little loss of flavor and nutrients over time. They were developed specifically to preserve the oversupply of agricultural products available at the time of harvest in order to stabilize the food markets in developed countries.

These products tend to be criticized because:

* Typically they are manufactured from almost inedible agricultural products
* They typically are high in fat and calorie contents
* The reduced time cost and nutritional content associated with these foods is specifically blamed for obesity
* Sometimes Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods are used
* Sometimes an irradiation process is used
* Preservatives are almost always used

These products tend to be used because of:

* Cost. TV dinners still only cost about $1, the original price of a TV dinner, in the US.
* Time Costs. Convenience foods reduce the time it takes to prepare dinners significantly.
* Variety. Due to packaging techniques such as canning and freezing, foods are available at all times of the year.
* Food Safety. Packaging and processing techniques, such as canning, freezing, and irradiation, reduce spoilage and the presence of bacteria in the consumed products.

Although many point to the Feminist movement, unchaining women from the kitchen, as the motivation for the development of these products, it is more likely that urbanization, industrialization, and a reaction to feed the post war population explosion after World War II was the true cause.


These food items take many forms, from Kraft Dinner, to whole turkey breasts. The TV dinner is a good example of a convenience food.

salted snack foods, candy, gum, most sweet desserts, fried fast food and carbonated beverages are some of the major convinience foods. Generally, they offer little in terms of protein, vitamins or minerals and lots of calories from sugar or fat. The term "empty calories" reflects the lack of nutrients.

Answer 2

Examples Of Convenience Foods

Answer 3

I don't know for sure. canned would seem the most nutritious, followed by dehydrated, the dehydrated would have a high sugar content thou the canned section would possibly have a higher than healthy salt content. frozen no, last I would think, ready to eat, yes, nutritious but high fat. 1 canned 2/3 dehydrated and ready to eat 4 frozen

Answer 4

Corndogs, pop in microwave oven, for like a minute or two, than our done.
And if you can wait twenty minutes it could be deviled eggs
Pop tarts,
grilled chicken, or patties on george forman grill.
Sandwiches. to tired to explain anymore.

Answer 5

Microwavable dinners
Bags of chips
Cookies from a box

Answer 6

canned soup, tv dinners, lunch meat, tacos

Answer 7

Pizza (I think is 1!)