# Food engineering
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** field/heatmap
- **Microsimmability score:** 62/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Process temperature - 270 to 420 K`
- `Process time - 0 to 60 min`
- `Product thickness / size`
### What animates
A temperature front penetrates a food product over time as temperature, time, and thickness change, showing how the center reaches a target for safe processing.
### Learning objective
Relate thermal processing of food to temperature, time, and product [[Geometry|geometry]].
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Food engineering — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Factory_Automation_Robotics_Palettizing_Bread.jpg).*
> Food engineering is a scientific, academic, and professional field that interprets and applies principles of engineering, science, and mathematics to food manufacturing and operations, including the processing, production, handling, storage, conservation, control, packaging and distribution of food products.[1][2] Given its reliance on food science and broad ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Process Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering)
> Relation: subfield of process engineering.
## Concept summary
Food engineering applies process operations (heating, drying, freezing, separation) to transform and preserve food products.
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to process engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Food engineering
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render field/heatmap; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Food_engineering)
## Previous hub tags
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