Embodiments herein include a method for disposing a composition on a food product. The method can include generating an activated gas by introducing a working gas into a plasma chamber and generating nonthermal plasma in the plasma chamber, where the working gas and the nonthermal plasma interact to form an activated gas. The method can include supplying the activated gas to a food treatment zone. Food products can be conveyed through the food treatment zone such that activated gas contacts a surface of the food products. Food products can be conveyed through an application region and a composition is deposited on the surface of the food product. Other embodiments are also included herein.
