Food Spoilage And Contamination Flashcards
Name the 3 food spoilages
Yeast mould and bacteria (also be enzymes)
What conditions do yeast mould and bacteria need to grow
Food moisture and warmth and time
What do yeast spoil
They often spoil jam fruit honey yoghurt and fruit juices
What do moulds spoil
Bread and baked products
How do you slow down mould
Story food in a cool dry place
Storing food in a fridge
Heating / cooking food
Storing in acid conditions p
What do bacteria spoil
Meat and poultry cooked meat products milk and eggs egg dishes shellfish and cooked rice
What is bacteria slow down by
Storing in fridge
Cooling cooked food
Reheating food only once
Using high concentrations of salt
What are the two types of bacteria and what do they do
Harmless bacteria can be helpful and pathogenic bacteria makes us ill
What do enzymes like to spoil
Because the Browning of foods that are bruised or cut open like apples
How do you prevent enzymes
With an acid or blanching / boiling
What does oxidation spoil
Fruits and vegetables during food preparation
How is cheese made
heating milk
adding yeast to ferment milk
Milk thickens and turns two curves and go sour milk curds are pressed together
How to make wine
Adding yeast to grapes.
Squeezing grapes to juice.
Removing yeast from grape juice
bottleing the juice
Which cheeses are made with mould
Brie
camembert
Stilton cheese
What foods are moulds used in
Some sausages
some cheeses
soya sauce
