FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -By the time food reaches the large intestine, the work of absorbing nutrients is nearly finished. The large intestine’s main job is to remove water from the undigested matter and form solid waste (poop) to be excreted.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the time indigestible materials have reached the colon, most nutrients and up to 90% of the water has been absorbed by the small intestine. The role of the ascending colon is to absorb the remaining water and other key nutrients from the indigestible material, solidifying it to form stool.

Detailed explanation-3: -The large intestine is the last part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the long, tube-like pathway that food travels through your digestive system. It follows from the small intestine and ends at the anal canal, where food waste leaves your body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. The large intestine (or colon, or large bowel) is the last structure to process food, taking the undigestible matter from the small intestine, absorbing water from it and leaving the waste product called feces.