Chapter 2
I Technology Transported; 1788-1840
II Technology Established; 1840-1940
III The Coming Of Science
IV From Science To Technology: The Post-war Years
V Products And Processes
i Frozen Foods
ii Instant and Convenience Foods
iii Dairy Technology
iv Packaging
VI Conclusion
VII Acknowledgements
References
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A walk through any food supermarket in the 1980s makes a dramatic change from a visit to the family grocer, for those who remember it, immediately after the Second World War. There is now a bewildering array of packaged goods, but surprisingly enough, most of them are variations on older, well-known products or prepared foods, such as breakfast cereals. which the housewife previously made up at home. There are few really new products and fewer Australian ones. Packaging and presentation create the illusion of greater changes than have actually occurred in the technologies. Two major post-war changes were the introduction of frozen foods and the trend to instant and convenience foods.
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