What causes food spoilage?
Germany
Food spoilage can be caused by a combination of various factors such as light, oxygen, heat, humidity and/or all kinds of microorganisms.
Therefore in general every kind of food should be stored in a dark dry place and at a proper temperature to keep its quality, whether fruits, vegetables, cereals, meat, fish, milk or milk products. The industry also has many techniques for protecting food from spoilage:
- for avoiding light - photoresistant packages, dark bottles for oils
- for avoiding oxygen - canning, vacuum packaging
- for avoiding heat - cooling
- for avoiding humidity - vacuum packaging
- for avoiding the development of microorganisms - pasteurization, UHT, freezing, chemical preservatives, irradiation
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