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Chewing is a process that totally destroys the physical structure of the food, and exposes it to oxidation. Chewing is not what anybody ever means when they ta
by mingus88 4y ago
Chewing is a process that totally destroys the physical structure of the food, and exposes it to oxidation.
Chewing is not what anybody ever means when they talk about processed food.
- tomrod 4y agoWe semantically agree. There is a starting point to "processing" and the commentator's question for whether something applied falls into scope. Whether the connotation is agreeable to denotation is sort of a separate discussion, IMO. Separation of degree, not kind.
- toast0 4y agoI don't generally want to eat food that's already been chewed. Arguably things like applesauce have been industrially chewed though. When you eat food, your body processes it, exposing it to all sorts of nasty physical and chemical processes. The objection to 'processed foods' is mostly about when the processing significantly changes the content of the food, whether that's from significant additives, or strucural changes like breaking down fiber. If you're ok with eating meat, nobody much cares about processing that removes parts that people don't eat and don't want to see, but if anything much is added, that's flagged (dye, water, preservatives, etc)