Specifically after World War II, food has been only viewed as a source of energy. In more recent years, the food we have today has dramatically risen to be a sensory, cultural, social phenomenon and also gave a boost in technological progress. An enormous wave of high food quality and food variety has followed from the recent discoveries in nutritional sciences. The foods we eat affect our bodies, and how they function. Today, we expect our food to be “tasty, safe, cheap, healthy, available all year round, “as natural as possible,” varied, and sometimes elegant and exotic.” Food has now become more than just a means to survive.

According to the EUFIC (European Food Information Council), probiotic and prebiotic has made a big impact and are now widely used due to the positive effects it has made. The technology we have today has made it possible to place probiotic lactic acid bacteria in food such as, yogurts; which deemed to improve bowel function. Probiotics seem to survive through the stomach and small intestine and replace harmful micro-organisms. They also play a role in colon cancer prevention and many other diseases prevention concerning more in the digestive area.

NEWSFLASH! Master-packed product is electronically monitored when being fed into SureBeam's irradiation chamber to ensure proper radiation dosages. Electronic beams that pasteurize beef has recently come out 7 years ago in 2003. I’ve just read about electronic beams 10 minutes ago, and how low level dosage can kill 99.9 percent of Salmonella in poultry and E. coli in ground beef! Amazing. Apparently, it had been an epic struggle to gain approval for irradiated meat from the state health officials; but finally, they gave an okay in favor for pasteurized beef, pork, and poultry, which means - eat up! This can help erase the fear of salmonella from affecting our insides.