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Many people wonder how cooking kills and gets rid of bacteria. The answer is simple, when cooking, the oven/stove gets so incredibly hot that all the bacteria and microorganisms die.
For example, if someone with the flu coughs all over your brownie batter, the food will not be contaminated because when you cook it in the oven the bacteria dies.
This is because bacteria and most microbes die at 60-70 degrees celcius. This is why food critics say to keep food out of the danger zone (5-60 degrees) as often as possible as bacteria grow at a rapid rate inside of these temps. Especially at 37 degrees this is a fatal temp for food go be at. Otherwise if you won't cook it straight away keeping it in your fridge is the best answer. I hope this answered your question, this came from an apprentice chef who is still currently at tafe just learning this stuff.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoCooking without any type of greases, because cooking with greases puts more fat in the item and not doing anything to the bacteria.
Okay I know the above answer is so not related, so to be unrude Im not going to delete it. I think you may be doing this for a science fair project cause i saw one so yeah. OKAY: You might want to use water as the tester, or at least some solvent. There are these special jugs you put the water in and they completely filter the water, tap or not. I have them they're not even expensive and they make tap water taste so much better. Get them, put the solvent in, and there will be these black dots that weren't visible in the solvent before but are now! so yeah... use that and ignore the completely useless above answer.
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∙ 14y agoThe best cooking method to kill bacteria is through Sterilization.
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∙ 14y agoYes, cooking chicken above 83 degrees Celsius will kill all bacteria and odor.
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If raw meat is left at room temperture and grows bacteria does cooking it kill the bacteria?
Cooking will kill a lot of vegetative cells, but cooking does not sterilize the food.
How do you get rid of dried on food?
the bacteria
Harmful bacteria in food can be killed by?
Cooking the food. Raising the heat to te proper level kills bacteria.
Can toxins and pathogenic be destroyed by freezing and cooking?
It is hard to say since cooking can remove 99.9 percent. The more bacteria present in the food, the higher the chance that after cooking it will have some bacteria.
What happen to the bacteria when food is cooked and when food is chilled?
Cooking kills bacteria but not the toxins the bacteria made while growing. Refrigeration does prevent most bacteria but not listeria which can grow in a refrigerator. Botulism is a toxin that does not go away with boiling or cooking.
How does cooking food preserve food?
The bacteria and fungi in the food are killed by the heat and can therefore no longer spoil the food.
What is prevented by cooking to a certain temperature?
Bacteria contamination and growth which can lead to food poisoning can be eliminated (or reduced)by cooking at the proper temperature for that food.
Can the bacteria from a fly on food be killed by cooking?
No, I spray my food with antiseptic before I eat it. And bleach.
Why does cooking help food poisoning?
The cooking process kills bacteria in the food if the food is cooked to an appropriate temperature. This is true particularly for meat, and there are published general guidelines.
Correlating the food processing methods with factors causing the food spoilage by cooking?
When cooking food until hot enough, this will kill any bacteria in the food. It is not recommended to eat food that has spoiled, even if the cooking will make it safe to eat.
Will slow cooking meat cook out all of the bacteria on questionable meat?
It will kill a lot of bacteria, but it does not sterilize the food.
Why is boiling food bad for health?
It isn't. Actually, it helps to get rid of bacteria and germs in food.
