FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Raw-packing is the practice of filling jars tightly with freshly prepared, but unheated food. Such foods, especially fruit, will float in the jars. The entrapped air in and around the food may cause discoloration within 2 to 3 months of storage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cold pack canning is the practice of filling mason or canning jars with freshly prepared, unheated food. It’s also known as raw pack canning or cold packing meats. With the cold pack canning method, the food is raw while the canning jars are hot.

Detailed explanation-3: -To some people cold pack means to put the food into the jar raw without first cooking it-in other words, the food is cold. To other people, cold pack means that the jars are processed in a boiling water bath.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hot-packing is the practice of heating freshly prepared food to boiling, simmering it 2 to 5 minutes, and promptly filling jars loosely with the boiled food. Whether food has been hot-packed or raw-packed, the juice, syrup, or water to be added to the foods should also be heated to boiling before adding it to the jars.