FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION

FERMENTATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
yeast, molds, mushrooms are..
A
fungi
B
poison
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yeast are fungi with only one cell. They are linked to other fungi that people are more familiar with, such as supermarket edible mushrooms, ordinary baker’s yeast used to leaven bread, blue cheese ripening moulds, and moulds that create antibiotics for medical and veterinary use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fungi consist of molds, yeasts and mushrooms. Yeasts are single-celled organisms (like bacteria) while molds are long branching thread-like filaments (hyphae) that form visible colonies. Mushrooms are also filamentous fungi that form large “mushroom cap”.

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