CP: Heinz Mega Factory: Inside Europe’s Largest Food Processing Plant | FD Engineering

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Set the Scene:

Let’s start with some engaging questions to connect your everyday life to the subject of the activity:

  • Have you ever wondered how your favorite canned foods are made?
  • Do you know what happens behind the scenes in a large food factory?
  • How do you think the production process of canned goods affects the quality and safety of the products?
  • Have you ever visited a factory or a manufacturing plant? What was your experience like?
  • How do you think technology and automation are changing the way food is produced and distributed?

Featured Image Analysis & Prediction:

Look at the featured image and answer the following questions:

  • What do you see in the image?
  • What do you think this activity will be about based on this image?
  • What words or phrases come to mind when you look at the image?

Introduction:

Read the introduction to the activity and get an overview of the Hines factory, its location, and its production capacity.

Video Engagement:

Watch the video associated with the activity: Heinz Mega Factory: Inside Europe’s Largest Food Processing Plant | FD Engineering

Pause the video at the following points and discuss the questions:

  1. Pause at 2:00 minutes: What is the main product being produced at the Hines factory? How does the factory ensure the quality of its products?
  2. Pause at 5:00 minutes: What is the role of automation in the factory’s production process? How does it affect the efficiency and safety of the products?
  3. Pause at 8:00 minutes: What are some of the challenges faced by the factory in terms of logistics and distribution? How does the factory address these challenges?

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Vocabulary Focus:

Review the key vocabulary related to the activity:

Term Definition Example Usage
Haricot Beans A type of white bean commonly used in baked beans. The Hines factory uses Haricot beans from North America and Canada to produce their baked beans.
Blanching A process of briefly submerging food in boiling water or steam to preserve color, flavor, and nutritional value. The factory uses a 20-minute blanching process in heated steam chambers to soften the skins of the Haricot beans.
Quality Control The process of ensuring that the products meet certain standards of quality, freshness, and safety. The Hines factory has strict quality control measures in place, including experienced employees inspecting ingredients and state-of-the-art machines to weigh each can of sausages.
Canning A process of preserving food by packing it in airtight containers, such as cans, and sterilizing them using heat or steam. The factory produces cans of food at a rate of 1,000 cans per minute, using a mass sterilization process to control bacteria levels and guarantee the shelf life of the product.
Automation The use of machines or computers to control and operate equipment, reducing the need for human intervention. The factory uses automation, including nine state-of-the-art driverless vehicles, to efficiently move pallets of cans in the distribution center.
Driverless Cranes Machines that can move and stack pallets without the need for human operators. The distribution center uses driverless cranes to supply shops nationwide, increasing efficiency and reducing labor costs.
Logistics The process of planning, coordinating, and executing the movement of goods from one place to another. The factory uses a state-of-the-art distribution center to manage logistics and supply shops nationwide with their products.
Mass Sterilization A process of using heat or steam to kill bacteria and other microorganisms in large quantities of food. The factory uses mass sterilization to control bacteria levels and guarantee the shelf life of their canned products.
Pathogens Microorganisms that can cause disease or illness in humans. The factory’s canning process involves cooking the cans in vast vertical towers or rotary cookers to destroy pathogens and bacteria.
Rotary Cookers Machines that use heat to cook food in a rotating drum, often used in the canning process. The factory uses rotary cookers to cook the cans of food and destroy pathogens and bacteria.

Grammar Focus:

Review the grammar focus on the use of passive voice in technical and formal writing:

The passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of a sentence receives the action described by the verb. It is commonly used in technical, formal, and academic writing to convey objectivity, emphasize the action rather than the doer, and to create a sense of formality.

Grammar Quiz:

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the passive voice:

  1. The new employee ____________________ by the HR department yesterday.
  2. The quality of the ingredients ____________________ by experienced employees before they are used in production.
  3. The cans ____________________ in vast vertical towers or rotary cookers to destroy pathogens and bacteria.
  4. The factory’s production process ____________________ to ensure the highest quality of products.
  5. The distribution center ____________________ with driverless cranes to supply shops nationwide.

Answer Key:

  1. A) was interviewed
  2. A) are checked
  3. D) are cooked
  4. A) is monitored
  5. B) is equipped