what is fermentation how is this process useful in the food and beverage industries
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Fermentation is useful has it makes the food long lasting.
The process of fermentation takes around 8-10 hours and it makes the food easy to digest and rich with nutrients.
Some of the bacteria are important and good for human body.
During fermentation, these bacterias do their work and make the food healthy.
Fermentation is a metabolic process which mostly produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes releasing heat as a result of the process.
Lactic acid fermentation using anaerobic bacteria results in the production of foods like yogurt. Sugars are converted into ATP for the bacteria to live and they produce lactic acid as a waste product. Yogurt is produced this way, and this acid gives yogurt its sour flavor. It is also used to produce alcohol.