This document lists and describes various tools, equipment, and utensils used in food processing and their purposes. It discusses measuring tools like a salinometer, psychrometer, anemometer, and thermometers for measuring properties of food and environment. Weighing tools including scales, balances, and measuring cups/spoons are described. Cutting tools like scissors and fish scalers are mentioned. Equipment for salting like vats, drums, and shovels are covered. Smoking uses equipment like drying racks and baskets. Other general tools include cutting boards, basins, tongs, graters and equipment like smokehouses, sealers, ovens and refrigerators.

1. TOOLS, EQUIPMENT’S AND
UTENSILS USED IN FOOD
PROCESSING AND THEIR
USES

2. What is food processing?

3. Food processing is a set of
methods and techniques used to
preserve raw foods longer
consumption

4. MEASURING TOOLS

5. SALINOMETER
• is used for measuring the salinity
of the brine.

6. PSYCHROMETER
• it is used to measure the relative
humidity of the air when sun
drying.

7. ANEMOMETER
• It is used to determine the
velocity of the wind in sun drying.

8. THERMOMETERS
• indicate the degree of hotness or
coldness of a thing or body. It
measures how high or how low
the temperature is.

9. REFRACTOMETER
• is used for measuring sugar
concentration of sap and syrup for
food.

10. WEIGHING SCALE
• is used for measuring the weight
of raw materials and ingredients.

11. TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE
• is for measuring small quantities
like spices, preservatives, etc.,
while the heavy duty scale is for
measuring fish, salt.

12. CHECKWEIGHER SCALE
• is a digital weigher scale used to
get the weight of food like meat,
fish, vegetables and fruits.

13. CLOCK TYPE WEIGHING SCALE
• it is use to measure food

14. LIQUID MEASURING CUP
• is used for measuring liquid
ingredients.

15. MEASURING CUPS
• is used for measuring dry
ingredients of large
quantity/capacity.

16. MEASURING SPOONS
• is used for measuring small
amount of solid and liquid
ingredients.
c. Measuring Cups

17. CUTTING TOOLS

18. CUTTING IMPLEMENTS
• is used for cutting fish and other
ingredients.

19. SCISSORS/SHEARS
• is used for cutting purposes like
fins of fish.

20. DESCALER OR SCALERS
• they are used in removing the
scales of a fish.

21. SALTING EQUIPMENT

22. WOODEN SALTING VAT OR BARREL
• is a container where the salted
fish are placed or fermented.

23. OIL DRUM
• used as a container to keep
salted fish during the process

24. EARTHEN POTS
• are used in storing the salted
products

25. WOODEN SALTING VAT
• is a container used in the salting
process.

26. WOODEN SHOVEL OR SPADE
• is used for mixing or stirring the
mixture of salt and small fish for
salting

27. SMOKING EQUIPMENT

28. BAKLAD
• made of bamboo used in drying
the fish prior to smoking

29. BAKOL
• is a bamboo basket used to
transport smoked

30. BISTAY
• is a bamboo basket for collecting
sun dried fish

31. DINARAYAN
• is a smoking tray made of wood

32. PANAKIP
• is a bamboo cover used to keep
fish submerged in the brine while
boiling

33. PANANDOK
• is a big metal ladle to scoop up
the cooked fish from the boiling
brine

34. BAMBOO POLES
• used to hold the baklad with
brine cooked fish while drying.

35. PUGON
• is a concrete heat source used
when pre-cooking fish in a brine

36. OTHER TOOLS

37. CUTTING BOARD
• serve as guide for cutting fish,
meat and other ingredients.

38. BASIN
• is used in preparing brine and
other curing mixtures.

39. FOOD TONG
• is used for lifting hot objects/food.

40. PEELER
• used in removing the skin of
fruits and vegetables.

41. GRATER
• used for grating cheese.

42. EQUIPMENT

43. SMOKEHOUSE
• is a device used for smoking fish
or meat with the application of
smoke.

44. IMPULSE SEALER
• is used for sealing purposes.

45. GAS RANGE/OVEN
• is the source of heat.

46. CHILLER/REFRIGERATOR
• is necessary in maintaining fish
freshness.

47. PRESSURE COOKER
• is an airtight cooking device that
cooks food quickly. The steam
also makes the food moist, which
is why this device is perfect for
meat stews.