Shirya abinci:
(1) tasirin kiyaye ƙima: abinci ta hanyar haske, iskar oxygen a cikin tsarin ajiya, aikin enzyme, zafin jiki zai zama oxidation na kitse da Browning, rashin bitamin da furotin, rushewar pigment, sha danshi da gurɓatar ƙwayoyin cuta da sauran matsaloli, don haka marufin abinci zai iya sarrafa abubuwan da ke sama guda huɗu da farko don tsawaita rayuwar abinci, don kiyaye abinci mai gina jiki da inganci. Wannan kuma shine mafi mahimmancin aikin marufin abinci.
(2) Ajiyewa da jigilar kayayyaki masu sauƙi: Saboda bambancin yanayin kayan abinci, kowane nau'in abinci yana da sauƙin matsewa yayin jigilar kaya, karo da sauran tasirin yana sa ingancin abinci ya ragu. Don haka marufin abinci daban-daban don abinci a cikin tsarin jigilar kaya don samar da wani takamaiman kariya, kamar juriya ga tasirin injina na gwangwani, idan kayan lambu suna da aikin marufi na akwatin kwano, kuma kamar marufin fim ɗin rage zafi na yau da kullun, saboda ƙaramin marufi, idan aka kwatanta da sauran marufi, yana adana sarari kuma ana amfani da shi sosai.
(3) Inganta tallace-tallace: Idan muka ga nau'ikan abinci iri-iri a manyan kantuna, ba wai kawai muna mai da hankali kan ingancin kayayyakin ba, har ma da marufin abinci zai jawo hankalin masu amfani zuwa wani mataki. Mun fi son siyan abincin da aka shirya da kyau maimakon a shirya shi da kyau. Misali, dalilin da yasa alamar ruwan kwakwa na kwakwa na iya samun fa'ida a gasa da kayayyaki iri ɗaya, ban da ingancin samfurinsa, amma kuma yana ƙarƙashin ra'ayoyi da yawa kan marufin (marufin madarar kwakwarsa yana kama da ƙananan tallanmu da aka buga a gefen hanya, manufar ita ce a haskaka wani maɓalli: ruwan kwakwa na halitta mai tsabta)
(4) tallata darajar kayayyaki: A bayyane yake cewa kayan da aka naɗe suna da ƙima mafi girma, abinci iri ɗaya da marufi za su ba da ƙarin ƙima ga samfurin. Daga wani ra'ayi kuma, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, an kuma gabatar da marufi mai yawa, kuma a cikin tsarin samar da abinci, an mai da hankali sosai ga marufin abinci (kek ɗin wata da sauran kyaututtukan biki), wanda kuma ya cancanci mu yi tunani sosai game da wata matsala.
