From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nutritionprocessedpro‧cessed /ˈprəʊsest $ ˈprɑː-/AWL adjective [only before noun]DFNprocessed food has substancesadded to it before it is sold, in order to preserve it, improve its colour etcprocessed cheese/meat/fish etcthe artificial colourings and flavourings in processed foodsExamples from the Corpusprocessed• Vehiclechecks continue to be sent and are processed.• The aim will be to capture the processing carried on by listeners as speech is processed and word-meanings identified.• Fully processed canned hams will not spoil and can be kept on the shelf.• processedcheese• Highly processed foods are not as nutritious as fresh foods.• Processed foods may lack the vitamins and minerals found in fresh produce.• Don't forget that when food is processed, many of the nutrients are stripped away and not put back.• In other countries it was a vehicle for sellingprocessed peas or indoctrinating the masses.• How many forms of processedpotato can you think of? 3.• Some of his experimentssuggested that high levels of processedsugar could lead to coronarythrombosis, diabetes and heartdisease.• Yudkin is a campaigner against processed sugar, the sort used in massivequantities in many processed foods.• Figs. 2a, b and c show successive waveform expansions of fractalprocessedwindnoise.From Longman Business Dictionaryprocessedpro‧cessed /ˈprəʊsestˈprɑː-/ adjectiveprocessed food/ meat/cheese etc food that has been treated or changed to colour it, keep it fresh etcthe manufacture and marketing of processed potato products