Definition: Blanching

Category: EU legislation

Process consisting of heat treatment of an organic substance by boiling or steaming in order to denature natural enzymes, soften tissue and remove raw flavouring and followed by immersion in cold water to halt the cooking process http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:029:SOM:EN:HTML
Source:
European Union, Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials, Official Journal of the European Union No L 29, 30.1.2013, p. 5
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