The Chemistry of it!
Foods Around the World
Safety and Spoilage
Fermentation in History
Microbial Masters
100

Fermentation occurs in the absence of this gas.

What is Oxygen

100

This Korean fermented cabbage dish is called ______.

What is kimchi?

100

Most fermentation microbes prefer this temperature range (hint: cold, warm, hot).

What is warm (70-100 degrees)

100

This preservation method allowed food storage before refrigeration.

What is fermentation

100

This single-celled fungus is used to make bread rise.

What is a type of fungus called yeast?

200

The main food broken down during fermentation.

What is sugar (glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, etc.)
200

This fermented soybean product from Japan is called ______.

What is miso?

200

Salt is added in vegetable fermentation mainly to do this.

What is to inhibit harmful bacteria (and pull water out of plant cells)?

200

Archaeological evidence shows this fermented beverage was produced in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago.

What is beer?

200

These microorganisms convert sugars into lactic acid in sauerkraut.

What are lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus)?

300

This gas makes bread dough expand.

What is CO2

300

This Ethiopian sourdough flatbread is made using fermentation.

What is ingera?

300

This pH condition helps preserve fermented foods.

What is acidic (low pH)

300

During long sea voyages, fermented cabbage helped prevent this vitamin deficiency disease.

What is scurvy?

300

This bacterium is used in vinegar production and produces this distinct acid

What is acetic acid?

400

This molecule is produced during anaerobic respiration in your muscles.

What is lactic acid?

400

This fermented milk drink is popular in Eastern Europe

What is yogurt or kefir?

400

Removing this gas helps prevent mold growth in vegetable ferments.

WHat is Oxygen?

400

Fermentation allowed early agricultural societies to preserve surplus harvests of this crop in the form of sourdough.

What is wheat?

400

We have more of this type of cell than human cells in our body.

What is Bacterial cells?

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