Effects of Processing on Soybean Nutrients and Potential Impact on Consumer Health: An Overview (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION There are many procedures that food raw materials go through before they are finally available as edible food products. In food processing, these procedures are commonly referred to as unit operations. They include: cleaning, coating, concentrating, heating and cooling (heat exchange), drying, disintegrating, mixing, pumping and separating [1]. This order does not, however, give their natural sequence or their relative importance when applied in the preparation of food products.