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Area 4: Commercial food manufacturing

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How do manufacturers produce food at scale safely and to a consistent quality?

Manufacturing technology and quality: production systems (job, batch and continuous-flow production); the use of technology and automation in manufacturing; quality control and quality assurance; and food-safety management, including hazard analysis (HACCP) and critical control points.
An SQA Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology answer on manufacturing technology and quality, covering job, batch and continuous-flow production systems, the use of technology and automation, the difference between quality control and quality assurance, and food-safety management through hazard analysis (HACCP) and critical control points.
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How is a new food product developed from an idea to the supermarket shelf?

Food product development: the stages of developing a new food product (identifying a market need, generating and screening ideas, writing a product specification, prototyping and modification, sensory and consumer testing, scaling up to production, and launch); the reasons companies develop new products; and the role of market research and the product life cycle.
An SQA Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology answer on food product development, covering the stages from identifying a market need through idea generation and screening, product specification, prototyping, sensory and consumer testing, scaling up and launch, the reasons companies develop products, and the role of market research and the product life cycle.
13 min answer →