Food Preservation Part 1

What does it mean to preserve food?

• To make food last longer

• To stop the growth of bacteria

• To not waste food

• All of these

When food decomposes, it means ...

• you can eat it

• food breaks down and rots

• food can safely be eaten in a month

• nothing changes

Enzymes responsible for browning are destroyed by freezing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is true?

• Freezing PREVENTS the growth of food poisoning bacteria

• Freezing KILLS food poisoning bacteria

To ensure high quality of frozen foods, products should be frozen...

• Quickly

• Slowly

Quick freezing of food,

produces what type of ice crystals?

• Large

• Small

Small ice crystals means...

• More delicious

• Less delicious

What is this?

• Plate freezing

• Fluid bed freezing

• Liquid Immersion Freezing

• Air-blast Freezing

What is this?

• Plate freezing

• Fluidized Bed Freezing

• Liquid Immersion Freezing

• Cryogenic freezing

What is this?

• Air-blast freezing

• Cryogenic freezing

• Liquid Immersion Freezing

• Mechanical freezing