Defining the term ‘natural’ in the context of food products - Natural Food Additives, Ingredients and Flavourings - page 10

Appropriate physical and/or
traditional food preparation
processes listed in EFFA
Code of Practice (EFFA 2010)

Traditional food preparation
processes listed in Annex
II, Regulation No. 1334/2008
(EC 2008)

Processes listed in IOFI
Code of Practice (IOFI
2010)

Purifi cation
processes

Microbiological
and enzymatic
processes

Other processes

Absorption X X

Adsorption (Note 1) X X

Agglomeration X

Centrifugation X

Chopping X

Chromatography X

Coating X

Cooling X X

Crystallisation X X

Cutting X X

Digestion X

Distillation/rectifi cation X X X

Drying/vacuum drying X X X X

Electrophoresis X

Emulsifi cation X X X

Encapsulation X X

Enzymatic processes X

Evaporation X

Extraction X X X

Extrusion (Note 2) X X

Fermentation X X

Filtration X X X

Grinding X X

Heating, cooking, baking, frying X X

Infusion X

Ion exchange (Note 3) X