Importance Of Food Preservation Essay

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Food Preservation
Ahmed Al Khudairy
7E

Food Preservation Food preservation plays a very big part in our lives. 90% of our foods are preserved, the other 10% are fruits and vegetables which are not preserved. Sometimes you want to eat a fruit that is out of season like a watermelon on winter. Now a days you can find a watermelon in winter because of food preservation.In some places there is production of a food product, where as in some other place you can not find the product. Making the seasonal food available throughout the year. By using food preservation you will decrease the number of wasted food.

Food preservation There are many ways to process food like freezing, canning and drying. Freezing foods is one of the ways of preparing, packaging, and freezing foods at the best quality. You can freeze some fresh vegetables , fruits, meats , fish, breads , cakes and drinks. The professional ways to freezing food are to make sure they are absolutely fresh and that you keep it at a frozen temperature (-1 Celsius).Canning is one of the ways to preserve food. Heating is the …show more content…

There are a lot of disadvantages like :It comes at no shock that preservatives have been a source of illness in recent years. Some studies, such as Dr. Richards 1997 study, we have concluded that artificial food preservative eating can lead to sickness.(2) (Austin Kaye Smith http://www.ehow.com/info_8478326_advantages-disadvantages-preservatives.html). Some food preservatives can cause hyper activity in children. Some advantages are : Your food will last longer.You will not have to go buy food every single day(awesome)which means you will save money on food, drinks etc

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