Question

increasing the acid content of a food is effective in preventing growth of

Answer 1

The slightly acidic foods are more resistant to food spoilage.

Explanation:

• Increasing the acid content of food prevents food spoilage from bacterial growth.
• The food with neutral pH, moist, unrefrigerated, poorly stored food are likely to have microbial growth.
• The pH scale ranges from 1 to 14. The lower the pH range more acidity.
• In food preservation method, the acidity of the food will range up to 4.6 on the pH scale.
• The food with acidic content can prevent microbial growth and can be easily killed on heating.
• Fruits like lemon, blueberries etc have naturally acidic.