Food processing Manufacturing and processing Food processing is the study of processing and packaging of food and beverages, and the equipment and procedures used in the production and distribution of foods. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: - Baking - Beer brewing - Butchery - Confectionery - Dairy foods - Food and drink processing - Food preservation - Food science and technology - Meat processing - Pastry cooking - Tobacco processing - Wine production Study of food handling and food hygiene is included here. Restaurant and catering are excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 1013 'Hotel, restaurant and catering'. Nutrition science is excluded from this detailed field and included in narrow field 051 'Biological and related sciences'.