Abstract
With changing the scenarios of living style, professional work culture, and
daily hectic routine, liberal and global thoughts are impacting our dietary patterns and
normal food consumption. So the preference for foods is changing, and foods that can
be ready in a shorter time, like “fast foods”, are gaining popularity among the masses,
especially young generations. The fast food business has become one of the fastest-growing industries across the globe. This growing trend of fast food consumption has
also brought several health-associated issues, like obesity and heart-related problems.
Therefore, health-conscious people do like to know the chemical ingredients embedded
in fast foods as well as their packaging and storage. For this purpose, the chemistry
relating to quality aspects of fast foods, including nutritional, physiological, sensory,
flavor, microbiological and packaging, is very important for healthy consumption of
fast food for a healthy life. In this book chapter, we have made efforts to bring updated
information related to fast food, its chemical composition and implications for human
health.