Food Preservation and Storage
Food Preservation and Storage: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Food Preservation, Storage of Food, Food Preservatives, Natural Food Colours, Respect for Food, and Household Food Preservatives.
Important Questions on Food Preservation and Storage
Complete the analogy.
Beetroot juice: red :: Turmeric powder: _____.
Complete the analogy by choosing the correct option from the bracket.
Calcium Sorbate: Chemical :: Salt _____ (natural preservative/synthetic preservative).

Name two household preservatives.

Choose the natural preservatives.


Turmeric, the stem of the plant is an example of natural colour.

Salt is a natural preservative.

List out the importance of food in our life.

How do we get food to our table?

Wasting food is a good habit.

Explain why food should not be wasted?

Choose the vegetable which is used to prepare natural colour.

Choose the odd word by considering the preservatives.

Fill in the blank by using a suitable word from the bracket.
Pickles are preserved by adding _____ (sugar/salt).

What are food preservatives? Write two examples of food preservatives.

Which of the followings cannot be used as food preservatives?

Which of the followings are the food preservation methods?

Sterilisation kills only harmful bacteria.

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

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