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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 607

Q607

Which can preserve food stuff?

A.
Sugar and vinegar
B.
Salt and sugar
C.
Vinegar
D.
All of these
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Sugar and vinegar, Salt and sugar and Vinegar can preserve food stuff.
Vinegar may be used to pickle food, a preservation method that extends the shelf life of perishable foods by killing bacteria. Pickling involves soaking a food in a brine solution made from vinegar, water, salt, and sugar, which also changes the food's flavor.
Use of salt and sugar curing to prevent microbial growth. Sugar as a preservative by acting as a humectant (maintaining and stabilising the water content in foods) sugar helps to prevent or slow the growth of bacteria, moulds and yeast in food like jam and preserves.