Types of preservatives
A preservative that is used in cheese, wine, baked goods, and more.
What is sorbic acid?
This ecosystem of trillions of microbes lives primarily in the human digestive tract.
What is the gut microbiome
An instrument that shines light through a bacterial culture and measures how much light passes through the liquid.
What is spectrophotometer
One common way of making Jerky
What is salt curing / smoke curing
These two grops of microbes are most commonly responsible for food spoilage
What are bacteria and fungi (yeasts/molds).
This organic acid produced by bacteria helps preserve foods like yogurt and kefir
What is lactic acid?
Gut microbes help with digesting, immune regulation, and this process of breaking down nutrients for energy
What is metabolism
What is ADI
Common Way to preserve fish
What is drying
Many preservatives work by distrupting this structure in microbial cells.
This group of microbes commonly causes food spoilage and includes molds and yeasts
According to microbiologist Rob Knight, humans should be viewed not as single organisms but as these complex biological systems
what are ecosystems?
A high amount means lower bacteria and lower amount means higher bacteria
What is od
A natural preservative good for Millenia
What is honey
Inhibit bacterial growth and reproduction without completely killing the bacteria.
What is bacteriostatic
This preservative is used in jams, salad dressings, pickles, carbonated drinks, soy sauce and more
beneficial microbes that are bacteria that balance the microbiome.
What is a probiotic
Regulates the amount of preservatives that is put into food.
What is the FDA
A fermentation method
What is pickling
This natural preservation method uses microbes to produce acids that inhibit other microbes
What is fermentation
Preservatives protect food by preventing microbial growth and slowing this chemical process that causes fat to become rancid
What is oxidation
Preservatives help reduce global issue by extending shelf life of foods
What is food waste?
What is Lactobaccillus plantarum?
Preservation method for jams and jellies
What is sugaring
Preservatives help maintain these three food qualities that make products appealing to consumers.
What are color, texture, and flavor?