Fermented or Not?

Fermented or not?

What is fermentation?

Fermentation is a food production process where molecules such as glucose are broken down by friendly microbes. This could limit the growth of unwanted (and potentially dangerous) food organisms, while improving the taste and texture of the food!

Multiple Select

Which of the following foods are fermented?

• Kombucha

• Kefir

• Sauerkraut

• Milk

Multiple Choice

Soy sauce is a fermented food

• True

• False

Traditional soy fermented products

• Fermentation makes the soy protein more digestible, improving the ability of body to absorb all the vitamins and minerals contained in soybeans

• Additional products include Tempeh, originally from Indonesia and Natto, from the Japanese cuisine.

Multiple Select

Which of these foods are fermented?

• Bread

• Cheese

• Yoghurt

• Cake

Multiple Select

Which of these food are not fermented?

• Grilled fish

• Salami

• Steak

• Pasta carbonara

Grilled fish is not a fermented food

But there are actually traditional ways of fermenting fish! For example:

• Fish sauce - widely used in Asian cuisine

• Traditional Scandinavian "Surströmming” (not that popular outside of the region, try to google it).

Multiple Choice

Cocoa beans are fermented food

• True

• False