The contaminated food can lead to food poisoning and to ensure the food safety, the analysis of food is extremely important. Food contamination occurs due to viruses, bacteria, metals or chemicals. Food poisoning is generally caused due to bacterial contamination. The classes of Bacteria associated with food poisoning are E coli, Staphylococci, Salmonella, Clostridium, Campylobacter, […]
What role do preservatives play in food products?
The process of treating and handling food to prevent or slow down its spoilage caused by microorganisms is called food preservation and the substances used in this process are called preservatives. Sometimes microorganisms such as; benign bacteria, yeast or fungi is added to a food to enhance its quality or to preserve it. For example, […]
What are Food additives?
Food additives are the substances added to food items to preserve its flavor or to improve its taste and appearance. People have used some additives for centuries; for example, preserving food by pickling (with vinegar), salting, as with bacon, preserving sweets, carbon dioxide, as in cold drinks, using sulphur dioxide as in some wines. Various […]