The increasing demand for ready-to-eat fresh food products has led to challenges for food distributors regarding the safety and quality of their foods.
All of these cereals are used to make ready-to-eat breakfast products which only require the addition of milk as they are precooked as part of the processing.
Generally, high-temperature extrusion is used for the manufacture of ready-to-eat snacks, while cold extrusion is used for the manufacture of pasta and related products intended for later cooking and consumption.
This includes washing raw vegetables and cooking raw food thoroughly, as well as reheating leftover or ready-to-eat foods like hot dogs until steaming hot.