Processed is a term used to describe many jug wines. It connotes, in both smell and taste, a wine that has been put through so many machines, has had so many things added to and/or taken away from it, and has been so manufactured as to appeal to the great bland palate that it is utterly without charm or character. As a more familiar example, 'Cheese food' is processed; Stilton isn't. (Wine,Beer,Spirits,Sake,Mead/Tasting Terms)