Food Preservation

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Food Preservation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Food Preservation, Chemical Methods of Food Preservation, Pasteurization & Storage and Packing of Food etc.

Important Questions on Food Preservation

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Boiling food at high _____ destroys all enzyme activity and almost all microorganisms.

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Why is storage of grains necessary?

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_____ is a method of food preservation developed by Louis Pasteur in 1864.

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Name any two food processing methods.

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Which of the following method is used for food preservation?

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Write any two advantages of food preservation.

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Milk is pasteurized at a temperature of about 50o C.

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_____ or curing is a technique to preserve food like fish, pickles, etc.

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Which of the followings cannot be used as food preservatives?

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Which of the followings are the food preservation methods?

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During pasteurisation method, the cell membrane of the microorganisms in the milk ruptures due to the sudden change in _____ of  the milk.

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Louis Pasteur invented the process of pasteurisation.

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Sterilisation kills only harmful bacteria.

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Sodium benzoate is a synthetic preservative.

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Oil is not a traditional preservative. It is an adulterant.

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Food _____ includes food processing procedures which prevent the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria, yeast, etc.

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Pasterisation method is used to preserve fruit juice.

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Which of the followings is a method of food preservation?

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Write one word for the following.

A process that involves heating a foodstuff to a high temperature and then cooling it rapidly.

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In the preservation of raw mangoes and amla, the process used is called salting or pasteurisation?