FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
FERMENTATION
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Question
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A substance containing microorganisms that is added to food to bring about desired flavor, texture, and/or color changes
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pure culture
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starter
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proteolytic
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anaerobic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs. Used by humans since the Neolithic period (around 10 000 years BC) fermentation helps to preserve perishable foods and to improve their nutritional and organoleptic qualities (in this case, taste, sight, smell, touch).
Detailed explanation-2: -Without understanding the scientific basis, people thousands of years ago used lactic acid bacteria to produce cultured foods with improved preservation properties and with characteristic flavours and textures different from the original food.
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