First, let’s get real. Processing is just any action that changes food from its natural state. Cutting an apple? That’s processing. Freezing berries? Processed. Everything you don’t pick and eat raw is technically processed.
The scary label “processed food” usually means junk. Think industrial additives, mystery meats, and enough sodium to pickle a shark. Your homemade sausage? It’s a totally different beast.
Your Kitchen vs. The Factory Floor
In a factory, sausage gets pumped full of preservatives, nitrates, and “natural flavors” that come from a lab. You, on the other hand, use salt, pepper, and maybe some fennel. You control the chaos.
Your sausage is more like a culinary art project. It’s a fresh product unless you smoke or cure it. This is where the fun starts—and the confusion really kicks in.
