Ready-to-Eat: A Growing Food Trend

1
Ready-to-Eat A Growing Food Trend

• https//readytoeattips.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/re
  ady-to-eat-a-growing-food-trend/

2

• Most recipes were prepared from scratch in the
  1940s, and the average family meal took 150
  minutes to cook. Now, cooked meals are made in
  around 30 minutes and normally have at least two
  main dishes. 
• However, with less time available, people are
  turning to ready-to-eat meals that dont take
  more than 10 minutes to prepare. The ready-to-eat
  meals available at your nearest supermarket are
  not just junk food. Consumers now want more than
  just fast, low-cost meals, which has resulted in
  companies providing healthy and even vegan
  meals. 

3
Factors That Influence The Growth Ready-to-eat
Meals

• Rapid urban growth / fast-paced activities
• More people are entering the labour force.
• Trends in market patterns / design / style 
• Increasing drive to eat healthier and adopt
  healthy behaviours (less fast food)

4
The Difference Between Ready-to-Cook and
Ready-to-Eat?

• Ready-to-eat foods are really just ready to eat,
  with no preparation, heating, or cooking needed.
  Deli meats, cheese, prepared wraps, and salads
  are only a few examples. Foods prepared with the
  intention of being heated/cooked to a precise
  internal core temperature by refrigerator, oven,
  or stovetop, such as frozen pizza, certain frozen
  vegetables, frozen microwavable dinners, or
  ready-to-bake cookie dough, are examples of
  ready-to-cook foods. According to CMP, these
  temperatures and cooking instructions are
  labelled on food labels for customer comfort, but
  they are often overlooked.

5
The Difference Between Ready-to-Cook and
Ready-to-Eat?

• When customers buy ready-to-cook foods as if they
  were ready-to-eat, they bypass a critical phase
  in food safety that is meant to destroy bacteria.
  Consumers often believe that since food has been
  frozen, all pathogens and bacteria present have
  been destroyed. The reality is that freezing
  deactivates these bacteria, but once thawed, they
  become active again. Active microbes will
  replicate in the same manner as they can on fresh
  produce, possibly causing food contamination.
  Companies that process ready-to-cook meals are
  urging us to read the labels and correctly cook
  frozen food to ensure bacteria and possible
  parasites are destroyed.

6

• What are your cooking habits? Are you a
  traditionalist who prepares all of your food from
  scratch, or have you succumbed to the growing
  wave of ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meals from
  a package? 
• If youre looking for the best ready-to-eat
  meals that you can order online, consider
  visiting Dinners Ready today!
• This article is originally appeared on -
  https//readytoeattips.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/re
  ady-to-eat-a-growing-food-trend/