Question

What are food preservatives ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Food preservatives: These are substances, when added to food, are capable of inhibiting, retarding or arresting, the process of fermentation, acidification or other decomposition of food by growth of microbes. Examples include salt, sugar, vinegar, sodium benzoate, salts of sorbic acid and propionic acid etc.

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Answer 2

It's a process of treating and handling food , the various methods of food preservation are as follows :

• DRYING
• PRESERVING USING SALTS AND SUGAR
• PRESERVING USING ACETIC ACID
• PESTURISATION
• VACCUM PACKING

THE PRODUCTS WHICH PRESERVE THE FOOD THEY ARE KNOWN AS FOOD PRESERVATIVES.