Question

a short note of Rancidity

Answer 1

Rancidity. Rancidity, condition produced by aerial oxidation of unsaturated fat present in foods and other products, marked by unpleasant odour or flavour. ... Butter becomesrancid by the foregoing process and by hydrolysis, which liberates volatile and malodorous acids, particularly butyric acid.

Answer 2

rancidity is very general term and in its most general meaning.it refers to the spoilage of a food in such a way that it becomes undesirable (and usually unsafe) for consumption when people say that a food has gone bad what they are usually talking about is rancidity.