The term "minimally
processed foods" is not legally defined.
On this website we mean by it such foods as are not suitable at all for human
consumption until they are processed. Products that are made edible or are
created by means of a few steps such as fermentation, leavening, or heating also
fall into this category. What is important is that the naturalness and authenticity
of the raw material are preferably unchanged by the technological steps taken.
A direct comparison with the unprocessed primary products, of course, shows
that their processing always slightly alters the components. This is indicated
in each individual chapter.