What chemical reactions take place during food processing?
Technically if you’re only processing one food, there are no chemical reactions because you haven’t introduced any new substances into what you’re processing. Chemical reactions in foods only take place when two of more different kinds are mixed together. For example, when you put citrus into seafood to make seviche, the citrus “cooks” the fish, or if you add salt to vegetables, the vegetables will “weep” or begin to release their liquid because this is the chemical reaction that salt causes.
