Barui ba likhoho ho khetha fepa kapa ke, ho ea ka mefuta e fapaneng ya likhoho, kgolo ya boemo ba ho khetha. Mokhoa oa ho khetha sebaka se hlokahalang ke se latelang:

Phepo ea motsoako ke mofuta oa sehlahisoa sa phepo se nang le boleng bo lekanang le bo felletseng ba phepo ho latela mefuta e fapaneng, mekhahlelo ea kholo le maemo a tlhahiso ea liphoofolo tse ruiloeng, likhoho le tlhapi, litlhoko tsa limatlafatsi tse fapaneng le litšobotsi tsa 'mele tsa tšilo ea lijo, e kopanyang mefuta e fapaneng ea lijo. lisebelisoa tse tala le lisebelisoa tse ekelitsoeng ho latela foromo e nepahetseng le theknoloji e boletsoeng ea ts'ebetso. Ke ho ea ka mokhoa o entsoeng ke tlhahiso e khethehileng ea fektheri ea mofuta oa lijo tsa thepa ea indasteri. E boetse e bitsoa phepo e felletseng ea litheko. Phepo ea mofuta ona e entsoe ka li-additives, lijo tsa protheine, lijo tsa liminerale le lijo tsa matla. E na le sete e felletseng ea limatlafatsi. Sehlahisoa se hlophisitsoe, se hlophisitsoe, 'me se lekane, 'me tšebeliso ea eona e totobetse. Mefuta eohle ea liphoofolo tse ruiloeng, ea likhoho le ea liphoofolo tse ling li se ke tsa tsoakoa; Nako e fapaneng ea kholo, ts'ebetso e fapaneng ea tlhahiso, phepo e tšoanang ea motsoako oa liphoofolo e ke ke ea tsoakoa.

E entsoe ka phepo ea matla, phepo ea protheine le phepo ea liminerale ho latela mokhoa o itseng. Phepo ea mofuta ona e ka khotsofatsa litlhoko tsa matla, protheine, calcium, phosphorus, letsoai le limatlafatsi tse ling bakeng sa mehlape le likhoho. Leha ho le joalo, lintho tse nang le phepo e nepahetseng le tse se nang phepo, tse kang li-amino acid tsa maiketsetso, li-trace elements, livithamini, li-antioxidants, li-agent tsa bophelo bo botle ba likokoanyana, joalo-joalo, ha li ekeletsoe. Mofuta ona wa sefepi o tlameha ho tsamaiswa le karolo e itseng ya dijo tse mahwashe tse tala kapa dijo tse eketsang ho kgotsofatsa ditlhoko tsa phepo tsa mehlape le dikgoho. Boleng ba phepo ea phepelo ena bo molemo haholo ho feta phepelo e le 'ngoe kapa "phepelo ea maiketsetso" (motsoako oa lijo tse 'maloa le lisebelisoa tse ling tse silakantsoeng le ho tsoakoa ka thato). O loketse naha ea rona ea hajoale ea mehlape e meholo ea mahaeng le ho phahamisa likhoho, ke setsi sa ho lokisa lijo tsa makeisheneng, tlhahiso ea profeshenale kapa tlhahiso ea bona ea mofuta oa phepelo e kholo.