Convenience foods: Foods of the future Convenience foods: Foods of the future

Abstract

Convenience foods are a class of foods which impart convenience to the consumers by way of little or no requirements of major processing or cooking before their consumption. The potential of growth in development of convenience foods is vastly untapped. Convenience foods are gaining popularity in the global market, food processing industries, also among the food scientists and researchers. It is remarkable that despite the urgent need of convenience food, research on development, nutritional composition analysis and shelf life evaluation of convenience food is still in its infancy. In the present study aspects related to standardization and development, nutritional analysis and shelf life of convenience foods has been reviewed.