Modern Food System and Convenience Culture Report 2022

Running head: Modern Food System and Convenience Culture
MODERN FOOD SYSTEM
AND
CONVENIENCE CULTURE

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Introduction
The food supply systems have seen to be changed dramatically over the past half-century.
Besides, its enormous advancements in the distribution system, service delivery and technology
processing have taken an account based on convenience culture. The pr4sent study aims to
develop the researchers’ bias as well as understanding of the relationship between the modern
food system and convenience culture respectively. Also the study would evaluate numerous
factors related the modern food systems. The factors such as the implications of convenience
culture for health and wellbeing, gender, work, sustainability, gastronomic culture concentration
of wealth and power would be interpreted in order to achieve the aim of the study.
Discussion
The convenience food is considered as both processed and pre-cooked meals that waited
to be consumed as well as bought respectively. Besides, it is seen that the carbohydrates, protein,
and fat that a human being initially consumes, generally consisted of minerals and the vitamins.
Many convenience foods have seen to contain full of saturated fatty acids, in which the overall
calorie count gets contributed (Mallinson, Russell & Barker, 2016). According to medical
research, it can be said that the doctors found a linked to ultra-processing related to the
convenience foods with premature death. Similarly, the diseases associated with these foods have
marked out to be included hypertension, cancer, and obesity. Ultra-processed foods generally
include sugary beverages, packaged snacks, candies, bread, processed meats, and ready-made

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meals. Therefore the stated high-calorie contents have indentified for contaminating. It is worth
mentioning the fact that the food industry has gone through some opportunities while satisfying
the consumers' desires of both available cost and time. Considering such requirements, hence, the
food industry requires developing specific strategies along with offering more products. It
sounds obvious that the ready-made convenience foods were taken an account as a solution for
the busy lifestyle people (Jackson &Viehoff, 2016). It is noteworthy that the inconvenient truth
of convenience foods consists of differentiated as well as non-health convenient.
In recent years, the millennial had led the charges in which the convenience culture has
been adopted broadly. While it comes to the food culture, the consumers are seen to be optimistic
regarding the flexible delivery options as well as the demand services. Besides, the technologies
also become an extensive asset in helping the food industry towards the accommodate customers
as per their requirement for the instant gratification. The convenience culture’s rising had forced
both the restaurants and the hotels while evaluating their source products and suppliers,
respectively. In a sense, the convenience culture is seen suffering from the requirements to cater
to the traditional dining. However, valuable additional revenue streams had done correctly based
on the quality of the pre-packaged selection option (Patel & Moore, 2018). It can be said that box
launches, healthy grab, and go snacks and upscale beverages contained the popular offerings. As
per the Governmental instruction, some of the areas require modifications. The containers need
to be small-sized in which the contents would be presented attractively. The strategic sourcing
regarding high-quality food packaging recommended being integral while offering opportunities.
The consumers, those demands convenient as well as the quick have observed to be
compromised on the quality (Warde, 1999). Also, make a partnership with procurement