The Chemistry of it!
Fermentation occurs in the absence of this gas.
What is Oxygen
This Korean fermented cabbage dish is called ______.
What is kimchi?
Most fermentation microbes prefer this temperature range (hint: cold, warm, hot).
What is warm (70-100 degrees)
This preservation method allowed food storage before refrigeration.
What is fermentation
This single-celled fungus is used to make bread rise.
What is a type of fungus called yeast?
The main food broken down during fermentation.
This fermented soybean product from Japan is called ______.
What is miso?
Salt is added in vegetable fermentation mainly to do this.
What is to inhibit harmful bacteria (and pull water out of plant cells)?
Archaeological evidence shows this fermented beverage was produced in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago.
What is beer?
These microorganisms convert sugars into lactic acid in sauerkraut.
What are lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus)?
This gas makes bread dough expand.
What is CO2
This Ethiopian sourdough flatbread is made using fermentation.
What is ingera?
This pH condition helps preserve fermented foods.
What is acidic (low pH)
During long sea voyages, fermented cabbage helped prevent this vitamin deficiency disease.
What is scurvy?
This bacterium is used in vinegar production and produces this distinct acid
What is acetic acid?
This molecule is produced during anaerobic respiration in your muscles.
What is lactic acid?
This fermented milk drink is popular in Eastern Europe
What is yogurt or kefir?
Removing this gas helps prevent mold growth in vegetable ferments.
WHat is Oxygen?
Fermentation allowed early agricultural societies to preserve surplus harvests of this crop in the form of sourdough.
What is wheat?
We have more of this type of cell than human cells in our body.
What is Bacterial cells?