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Salts can help to preserve food by creating an environment in which undesired bacteria cannot live. High salt content will discourage or prevent this growth, as many undesirable bacterium and molds require a certain amount of available moisture to reproduce. In environments with sufficient salt, water may actually be drawn out of potential spoilage pests, thus killing them or rendering them dormant.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe best salt to preserve food in is Norton sea salt because way back in the Egypt times the used similar Norton sea salt . :@
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∙ 11y agoIt does preserve food because in days when there were no freezers,salt kept foods from spoiling.
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∙ 8y agoSalts reduce the amount of water in food. So the food can be preserved from micro organisms.
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∙ 10y agoSodium chloride absorb water and bacteria are killed because they cannot survive without water.
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∙ 8y agoWe use salt for food preservation. Mainly for dry fish.
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When blanching foods does salt affect the color?
When doing any type of canning or perserving, do not use regular table salt, which can alter the color. Instead use canning salt or sea salt.
From whom did the Pilgrims learn many of their ideas about cooking and perserving food?
The Native Americans.
Will salt affect the way food floats when being boiled?
Yes, but because the concentration of salt is not great the effect is insignificant.
How does salt affect food coloring?
Unless the food coloring has some active ingredient, it will not affect the salt water chemically. In the environment, adding excessive food coloring to water may reduce the amount of light available to plants living in the water. Otherwise the coloring itself is innocuous.
Advantages of iodized and non-iodized salt?
Iodized salt helps prevent goiter and mental retardation. The non-iodized salt helps maintain the color and texture of pickled food and it does not affect the taste of food when cooking.
Does salt affect the pH balance of pickle juice and other mild acid solutions?
No, salt is pH neutral and does not affect the acid content of food. However, our taste buds are such that salt will diminish the acid taste of food (try eating a lemon wedge sprinkled with salt). Salt is added to pickle brine as a preservative; like acid, it tends to discourage the growth of microorganisms.
How does salt affect rubber?
salt has no affect on rubber
What is one way of perserving wildlife habitats?
Breeding ecosystem Levels.
How does heat affect salt?
How salt dissolve in heat
Why salt in food?
salt is in food to give it a flavour. It is also a preservative when put on food.
Does the baby food contain salt?
No, baby food does not contain salt.
Does water mixed with salt affect the taste?
Water mixed with salt does not affect the taste,bt it also depend on the amount of water mixed with the salt and the quantity of salt mixed with the water
