Processed food has had some sort of chemical or industrial treatment in order to cook it, preserve it, or improve its taste or appearance
adjective
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prepared or modified by an artificial process or procedure:
process cheese.
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noting, pertaining to, or involving photomechanical or photoengraving methods:
a process print.
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Informal. of or relating to hair that has been conked, or chemically straightened.
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Movies. created by or used in process cinematography :
a moving background on a process screen.