Food technology can be defined as learning the making of food, conservation, sacking and packing of the food. With that it also covers all the procedures from procurement of raw food till its packing and distribution to the users. Upsurge in productivity and processing of food as quickly as possible is the desire of any food industries, due to advancement in technology and development of machines which work in place of thousands of people, work can be done by installing one machine. These machines provide more output in lesser time. While talking about of importance of technology in food the most important engrossment is in terms of food processing. In this technology harvested food is transformed into the food for routine consumption.
Fast foods
Importance of technology in food is prominent from availability of large range of fast foods. In generating different flavors based on digestibility of food is only possible due to technology. In fast food, the technologist check the quality of raw materials, takes hygiene tests, checks the uncleanness and debasement of the food by using latest technologies, available. Food inspectors have means available to check quality of food through the use of technology rather than merely testing and tasting the food.

Importance of technology in restaurants

In restaurants the technology is used to check the quality of food and food safety held by the employees. Nowadays it is mandatory for the storage hoses of the restaurant to be equipped with technologies that prevent contamination. Annexation of fast food machines and different type of cooking and baking machines are the examples of use of technology in food industry.

Food industry

In the ancient time due to lesser cooking and processing equipment, foods industry was restricted to bakeries and food restaurants. Due to increase in population and hike in demands of food, food industry has flourished in last century. Now food industry hires various technologies like high output generating grinders, mixers, slicers, peelers, cutters etc. Now large storage tanks, conveyors to move the material between the machines, and packing machines are integral part of food industry. The most advantageous facility of using technology is that lesser manpower is required to produce a thousand times better output. If we take example of packing process, previously a large man power was required to pack the food material. Due to human errors the quality and quantity of packing was a big problem. After addition of packing machines, now one or two individuals are required to operate the machine. It is the machine which ensures the quantity and quality of packing.

Technology has now saved lot of time to cook food and present it. Know if you use the technology in cooking the food, it is not a hectic and a boring job but a fun.