storage and preservation of food

Question 1

What does it mean that a food item has a shelf life

Answer 1

It means that that particular food starts deteriorating for spoiling after a certain period of time due to chemical and biological changes happening to it

Question 2

Name of few environmental factors that affect the shelflife of food

Answer 2

Temperature humidity attack of bacteria

Question 3

A few household methods of storage of food

Answer 3

Cleaning of food and storing them in appropriate containers at ideal temperatures

Question 4

When do strawberries mangoes and lychees grow

Answer 4

Strawberries December to January
mangoes April to May
lychees May to June

Question 5

Which season does broccoli growing

Answer 5

Monsoon

Question 6

Which are the vegetables that grow in winter

Answer 6

Green leafy vegetables carrots and green peas 

Question 7

When do bottle gods grow

Answer 7

The summer season

Question 8

Name the stages in which the food food must be protected

Answer 8

Storage preparation serving and also purchasing

Question 9

What is food hygiene

Answer 9

Handling of food in a way that will keep it safe and free from all contaminants

Question 10

What are the four Essentials of food hygiene

Answer 10

purchases of food,
food storage
food preparation of food and
serving of food

Question 11

When we purchase fruits and vegetables we should ensure their

Answer 11

They are fresh good colour and desirable flavour

Question 12

What should we be wary of when we purchased food

Answer 12

Gals browned ending of skin shrunken shrivelled or injured fruit

Question 13

What are the main enemies of food in the kitchen

Answer 13

Rads flies and cockroaches weevils and dirt

Question 14

Few chemicals that should be used for storage places

Answer 14

Gammaxene or DDT

Question 15

Where should did DDT Or , Maxine magma be sprayed

Answer 15

Under the layers of paper or plastic sheets

Question 16

When was perishable food be stored

Answer 16

In ice boxes or refrigerator

Question 17

What is required in storage spaces to prevent the spoilage of food

Answer 17

Regular and thorough cleaning

Question 18

The factors affecting the safety of food at home

Answer 18

Cleanliness in the kitchen
Hygienic handling of food
Personal hygiene
Cooking food well because political food is often left on Eden Ann Eden
And purchasing and cooking of food should be in accordance with the requirement

Question 19

Why is it important to maintain personal hygiene while handling food

Answer 19

To prevent football diseases illnesses and food poisoning

Question 20

Methods for personal hygiene

Answer 20

Washing of hands with antibacterial soap
Avoiding long nails and nail polish
Very no hand jewelleryg
And wearing a clean

Question 21

What is perishability

Answer 21

The quickness with which food get spoiled

Question 22

What are perishable foods

Answer 22

The food that can be kept at room temperature for only a few hours or up to 1 to 2 days example milk and milk products fish fruits and cooked food

Question 23

Why should this be wrapped with aluminium or plastic wrap

Answer 23

To prevent loss of colour texture and flavour and nutrients

Question 24

What is the semi perishable foods

Answer 24

Can we store for a couple weeks or even a month or two without any sign of spoilage

Question 25

What are non-perishable foods

Answer 25

Foods that will be kept can you get Home1 so years without winning

Question 26

What are convenience foods

Answer 26

Please are the food products in which the significant portions of the food preparation has been transferred from the kitchen to the processing plant

Question 27

What is the Advantages convenience food

Answer 27

Increase shelflife, come in handy during travelling or in places where certain food items are not available, easy to prepare and process

Question 28

PDisadvantagesof convenience food

Answer 28

Heavily processed and lost the nutritive value, laden with saturated fat sugar and sodium and out of no need to divide your unhealthy

Question 29

Examples of preservation of food

Answer 29

Pickling addition of salt sugar spices oils refrigeration addition of chemicals

Question 30

Process helps to prevent discolouration of food items

Answer 30

sun drying

Question 31

What is putrefaction

Answer 31

Process of decay is delayed and food items are preserved for a longer period than normal

Question 32

What is the present it is used for squashes and catch up

Answer 32

Sodium benzoate or potassium metabisulphite

Question 33

Preservation of a preservative is used for pickling and curing of meat and fish

Answer 33

Sort

Question 34

Which resonated with used for storing vegetables like cabbage and peas beans

Answer 34

Salt

Question 35

How much percent do jellies have a sugar content

Answer 35

60 to 70%

Question 36

Which are the natural alternative is to synthetic preservatives

Answer 36

Spices like cinnamon clove pepper balls and saffron

Question 37

How do these spices act as preservatives what are the compounds that it contains

Answer 37

Chemical compounds like phenylptopanoids, terpenes, flavonoids and anthocyanins which helps in their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties

Question 38

What are the spices that is used as president is in foods such as processed meat and pickles

Answer 38

Cumin also called cumin aldehyde, clove eugenol, cinnamon cinnamon aldehyde

Question 39

How does oil art as a preservative

Answer 39

It acts as a preservative and prevents spoilage by isolating the food from the air

Question 40

The use of benzoic acid

Answer 40

Increases concentration of carbon dockside in the medium, more effective against is that moles

Question 41

I am a crystalline salt used for preservation

Answer 41

Potassium metabisulphite

Question 42

Fruits and vegetables of what colour should be preserved by the use of sodium benzoate and why

Answer 42

Red or purple colour because anthocyanin gives this colour to fruits and gets discoloured in the presence of sulphur dioxide and therefore cannot be used with potassium metabisulphite

Question 43

What does salt act as a preservative

Answer 43

This is the availability of free water by soaking it up

Question 44

Ghee or oil and butter be stored in airtight containers

Answer 44

Yes otherwise if they exposed it can make them rancid 

Question 45

Examples of convenience foods

Answer 45

James Jolly is cancelled pickles ready-made snacks

Question 46

What type of food is vermicelli

Answer 46

Semi-perishable

Question 47

Are pulses nonperishable

Answer 47

Yeah

Question 48

Millet seeds semi-perishable

Answer 48

No they are non-perishable

Question 49

Which what type of vegetables on freezing destroy its texture

Answer 49

So vegetables like spinach tomatoes and cucumbers have high water content and therefore they destroy in freezing temperatures