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Food Preservation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This refers to the processes you use to prepare food for safe, long-term storage, whether you plan to use it at home, for prep in a commercial kitchen, or to sell directly to consumers.

a)

Food Technology

b)

Food Innovation

c)

Food Preservation

d)

Food Science

2.

This preserves food by removing oxygen through an airtight seal and containing food in an acidic, sugary, or salty environment, where bacteria cannot thrive.

a)

Salting

b)

Sugaring

c)

Canning

d)

Freezing

3.

This is a kind of Salting by which you apply salt to the food, such as meat, and leave it to draw out the water.

a)

Dry Curing

b)

Wet Curing

c)

Mild Curing

d)

Strong Curing

4.

Better known as brine, you mix salt with water and add food to the liquid to preserve it.

a)

Dry Curing

b)

Wet Curing

c)

Mild Curing

d)

Hard Curing

5.

Similar to canning,this method deprives bacteria of oxygen by creating an airtight atmosphere.

a)

Freezing

b)

Salting

c)

Vacuum Packing

d)

Vacuum Cleaning

6.

This is a method of preserving food by lowering the temperature to inhibit microorganism growth.

a)

Salting

b)

Sugaring

c)

Heating

d)

Freezing

7.

Which is not a method of Food Preservation?

a)

Mixing

b)

Salting

c)

Canning

d)

Freezing

8.

What method of Food Preservation used in making a Strawberry Jam?

a)

Freezing

b)

Salting

c)

Sugaring

d)

Vacuum Packing

9.

Which of the following is not a benefit of Food Preservation?

a)

To minimise pathogenic bacteria

b)

To express freedom

c)

To keep food at its best quality

d)

To save money

10.

How can Food Preservation affect your people's lives?

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