HOME ECONOMICS AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION HELE 5

1. It is the process of preserving food by treating them with preservatives or exposing them to extreme temperatures to slow down spoilage.

• Food Preservative
• Food Preservation
• Artificial Food
• Natural Food

2. The following are the reasons why we preserve foods, except;

• To save them from spoiling.
• To have plenty of stock in the kitchen for future use.
• To waste the foods.
• To economize foods at home which are cheaper than those bought in the market.

3. He is a French chemist who was able to distinguish that a heated food put in container while keeping the lid slightly unopened keeps the food from spoiling.

• Nicholas Appert
• Louis Pasteur
• Albert Einstein
• Auguste Laurent

4. This is the oldest method of food preservation which is done by reducing the moisture content in the food which in return arrests bacterial growth.

• Salting
• Freezing
• Canning
• Drying

5. The following are natural food preservatives, except;

• sugar
• salt
• sodium benzoate
• vinegar

6. It is a method of preserving food by keeping them in air-tight containers to prevent spoilage.

• salting
• freezing
• canning
• pickling

7. In this method, the raw material is precooked and packed immediately in a water bath or pressure cooker.

• hot-pack method
• cold-pack method
• open-kettled method
• indirect salting

8. It is done by packing products in containers and covering them with syrup or other liquids.

• hot-pack method
• cold-pack method
• open-kettled method
• indirect salting

9. Which of the following is an example food product of indirect salting?

• bagoong/shrimp paste
• salted egg
• tuyo
• tapa

10. It is a method of food preservation wherein fruits are preserved using sugary syrup that dehydrates the food.

• sweetening
• pickling
• freezing
• salting