INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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means you can eat it
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means food can safely be eaten in a month’s time
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means food breaks down and rots
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means that nothing changes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Decomposers play a critical role in the flow of energy through an ecosystem. They break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biodegradation is the process by which organic substances are broken down by enzymes produced by living organisms. Biodegradation can be thought of as waste decaying or rotting. Biodegradable matter is generally plant and animal matter and other substances originating from living organisms.
Detailed explanation-4: -: to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process : decay, rot. fruit decomposes. decomposability.