Explain the term "rancidity". What damage is caused by rancidity?
What type of chemical reaction is responsible for causing rancidity?
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When oily and fats containing food when reacts with oxygen for long time they give off stong unpleasent smell this phenomena is known as rancidity.
Rancidity is an oxidation phenomena.
It is a slow process.
Food packets are flushed with nitrogen gas to prevent rancidity as nitrogen is an inert gas
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the condition produced by oxidation of fats and oils in food marked by unpleasent smell and taste is called rancidity.
rancidity spoils the food materials prepared in fats and oils.
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