Food Standards Agency Codes

Name	Notation	Description	Types	Status
Name Breading	Notation A07HK	Description Subject to the process of applying a breadcrumb-based coating...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Battering	Notation A07HL	Description Covering with a semi-liquid mixture of one or more flours com...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Glazing / icing	Notation A07HM	Description Term used when a coating of a glossy, often sweet, sometimes ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Sugar coating	Notation A07HN	Description Embedding in a layer of sugar	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Chocolate coating	Notation A07HP	Description Embedding in a layer of chocolate	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Nuts coating	Notation A07HQ	Description Covering with ground nuts (similar to breaded, but with nuts ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Modification with chemical and biological agents	Notation A07JL	Description Preserving by using preserving chemicals or ingredients	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Acidifying	Notation A07JM	Description Adding with acid(s) in order to reduce pH below the range whe...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Carbonating	Notation A07JN	Description Enriching in carbon dioxide (especially for liquids)	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Preserving with salt	Notation A07JP	Description Preserving by reducing the water activity using salt (particu...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Preserving with sugars	Notation A07JQ	Description Preserving by reducing the water activity using sugars (parti...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Candying	Notation A07JR	Description Placing in heated sugar syrup, which absorbs the moisture fro...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Preserving with preserving additives	Notation A07JS	Description Treating by addition of chemicals with anti-microbial propert...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Marinating	Notation A07JT	Description Marination is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, oft...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Smoking	Notation A07JV	Description Smoking is the process of flavoring, cooking, or preserving f...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Biological treatment	Notation A07JX	Description Preserving by action of microorganisms	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Yeast fermentation	Notation A07JY	Description preserving by yeast fermentation	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Bacteria fermentation	Notation A07JZ	Description Treated by controlled bacterial fermentation, with specific n...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Mould culturing	Notation A07KA	Description Treating by culturing with mould (specific strains not repres...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Enzyme treatment	Notation A07KB	Description Treating with specific enzymes (allowed for food)	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Pickling	Notation A07KC	Description Pickling, also known as brining or corning is the process of ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Curing	Notation A07KD	Description Curing refers to various food preservation and flavouring pro...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Subtraction of water	Notation A07KE	Description Treating in a way to reduced the water content	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Concentration / evaporation	Notation A07KF	Description Increase in certain contents by removal of water and/or other...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Drying (dehydration)	Notation A07KG	Description Transformation of moist food/feed into its solid - dry form d...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Freeze-drying (lyophilisation)	Notation A07KH	Description Subject to action of vacuum in frozen status in order to full...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Air / heat drying	Notation A07KJ	Description Drying by effect of air (most commonly hot air)	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Sun drying	Notation A07KK	Description Drying by exposing to the effect of sun (usually in the open ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Semi-drying (e.g. Fruits)	Notation A07KL	Description Drying to a water content low enough to guarantee microbiolog...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Condensing milk (concentration + sugars)	Notation A07KM	Description Subject to the particular process of evaporation combined wit...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Physical division / dimension reduction	Notation A07KS	Description Treating in order to separate into pieces of different form a...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Portioning	Notation A07KT	Description Separating into portions (intended for a defined number of ea...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Slicing	Notation A07KV	Description Cutting into slices (when one of the tree dimensions is much ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Dicing and stripe-cutting	Notation A07KX	Description Cutting to form dices, strips or sticks	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Mincing / chopping / cutting	Notation A07KY	Description Cutting or chopping into very small pieces (usually said for ...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Grating	Notation A07KZ	Description Reducing to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against a...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Grinding / milling / crushing	Notation A07LA	Description Reducing to fragments, shreds, or powder by passing through a...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Sifting	Notation A07LB	Description Separation of particles of different sizes by passing feed of...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Removal of external layer	Notation A07LC	Description Treating to remove external layer of food/feed, like peel, hu...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Physico-chemical modification	Notation A07LD	Description When a food or food item underwent a modification of any type...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Aerating / whipping	Notation A07LE	Description with addition of a finely mixed gas, increasing in a relative...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Extrusion/extrusion-cooking	Notation A07LF	Description Thermal process during which the product's internal water con...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Flaking	Notation A07LG	Description Flattening and drying/heat-treating moistured or cooked grain...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Flattening / rolling	Notation A07LH	Description Flattening by passing through rolls (e.g. grains)	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Homogenizing or emulsifying	Notation A07LJ	Description Treatment of a fluid containing both water and fat, passed th...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Parboiling / pre-gelatinising	Notation A07LK	Description Boiling or steaming (mostly referred to cereals) until partia...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Puffing / expanding	Notation A07LL	Description Treating under high pressure with steam (refers to grains). W...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Texturing	Notation A07LM	Description Treating with pressure, extrusion and heat in variable combin...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Juicing	Notation A07LN	Description Transforming into a juice by physical or enzymatic action or ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Coagulating / clotting	Notation A07LP	Description Subject to a process in which a liquid (usually with protein ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Alkalizing	Notation A07LQ	Description Treating with alkali to increase pH and improve other propert...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Bleaching	Notation A07LR	Description Treating with hypochlorite or other chemicals to remove color...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Bromating	Notation A07LS	Description Subject to addition of bromate (e.g. as a flour improver, str...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Hydrogenation	Notation A07LT	Description Treating with hydrogen, to reduce and saturate insaturated or...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Liquid injection	Notation A07LV	Description Treating with injection of liquids	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Hydrolysis (sugar/proteins/fats)	Notation A07LX	Description Treating with enzymes or chemicals and/or heat+pressure in or...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Pressurizing with aerosol propellant (spray)	Notation A07LY	Description Packing under pressure of a gas, in order to get instant whip...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Compounding, assembling, coating or filling	Notation A07LZ	Description All processes that join different food elements into a compos...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Filling	Notation A07MA	Description Stuffing by injection or inclusion of a food preparation into...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Separation of fractions / subtraction of components	Notation A07MB	Description Treating in a way to separate one or more of the components o...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Centrifugal separation	Notation A07MC	Description Separating into components (e.g. fat and water phases) by act...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Ultra-filtration	Notation A07MD	Description Separating into components by membrane separation (semi-perme...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Reverse osmosis	Notation A07ME	Description Treating with a membrane technical filtration method that rem...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Distillation	Notation A07MF	Description Separating into components by distillation, a method of separ...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Fat fractioning	Notation A07MG	Description Said of fats processing in order to separate fractions with f...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Churning	Notation A07MH	Description Processing in order to separate butter from cream	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Extraction	Notation A07MJ	Description Processing in order to separate one or more substances from a...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Brewing / infusion	Notation A07MK	Description Treating in order to make a beverage by boiling, steeping, or...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Crystallization	Notation A07ML	Description Processing in order to separate solid crystals of a (generall...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Lactose reduction	Notation A07MM	Description Treating in order to reduce the lactose content either by hyd...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Decaffeinating	Notation A07MN	Description Treating in order to extract coffeine while leaving the taste...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Addition of water	Notation A07MP	Description Adding water in different ways for different purposes	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Dilution	Notation A07MQ	Description With addition of water, thus reducing the concentration of so...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Reconstitution from concentrate, powder or other dehydrated form	Notation A07MR	Description Said of concentrated or dried food brought back to the origin...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Soaking	Notation A07MS	Description To immerse a food in liquid (e.g. water) for a period of time...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Granulation (from powder)	Notation A07XY	Description Solid food in form of small-medium free flowing particles, ea...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Instantisation	Notation A07XZ	Description Powder produced with a process (like particular spray dryers ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Air fractionation	Notation A0BZH	Description Separation of particles by means of an air stream	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Condensation (gas to liquid)	Notation A0BZJ	Description Transition of a substance from a gaseous to a liquid phase	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Depectinising	Notation A0BZK	Description Extraction of pectin from a feed or food material	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Desugaring	Notation A0BZM	Description Complete or partial removal of mono- and disaccharides from m...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Pressing	Notation A0BZN	Description Physical removal of liquids like fat, oil, water or juice fro...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Filtration	Notation A0BZP	Description Separating by conventional filtration. Separation of a mixtur...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Super-critical gas extraction	Notation A0BZQ	Description Extraction using as fluid phase a gas in super-critical state	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Solvent extraction	Notation A0BZR	Description Extraction using as fluid phase a non-water solvent	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Water or steam extraction	Notation A0BZS	Description Extraction using as fluid phase water in any fluid state	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Refining	Notation A0BZT	Description Complete or partial removal of impurities or unwanted compone...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Polishing	Notation A0BZV	Description The polishing of dehulled grain, e.g. rice, by rotation in dr...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Pelleting	Notation A0BZX	Description Shaping by compression through a die	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Fractionation	Notation A0BZY	Description Separation of food or feed material fragments by sieving and/...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Spray drying	Notation A0C0C	Description Reducing the moisture content of a liquid by creating a spray...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Gravitational separation	Notation A0C0D	Description Process of separating the lighter components from a liquid ta...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Micronisation	Notation A0C0F	Description Process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material'...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Gelling	Notation A0C0G	Description Process to form a gel, a solid, jelly-like material that can ...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Melting	Notation A0C0H	Description Transition from a solid to a liquid phase by the application ...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Liquefying	Notation A0C0J	Description Transition from a solid or a gas phase into a liquid. Include...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Maceration	Notation A0C0K	Description Reducing the size of feed or food materials using mechanical...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Malting	Notation A0C0L	Description Allowing grain to commence germination to activate naturally ...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Detoxification	Notation A0C0M	Description Process by which toxic contaminants are destroyed or reduced ...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Preservation with substances / ingredients	Notation A0C0N	Description The facet descriptor refers to preservation obtained using i...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Modification with substances / ingredients	Notation A0C0P	Description The facet descriptor refers to treatments transforming one fo...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Ripening	Notation A0C6F	Description Process combining fermentation, maturation (particularly by e...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Pulping / mashing	Notation A0C6N	Description Process transforming food (in general vegetables or fruits) f...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Degermination	Notation A0CQY	Description Process of complete or partial removal of germ from cereals d...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Fermentation	Notation A0CQZ	Description physica-chemical modification due to the activity (metabolism...	Types food type, Concept	Status experimental
Name Rectification	Notation A0CRC	Description The purification or refinement of a substance by distillation...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental
Name Brining	Notation A0F2N	Description Treatment with a salt brine (for preservation, with additiona...	Types Concept, food type	Status experimental