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Food spoilage happens when bacteria in the food is allowed to grow. The food heats up to room temperature or hotter and the bacteria grow allowing it to spoil.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoBacteria causes food to spoil. When food is left open or unprotected, bacteria in the air gets on the food and causes it to go bad.
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∙ 12y agothe cause of rice spoilage is leaving it unattended after a period of time
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∙ 9y agoThere are a great many things that might cause cereal to spoil. Being kept under soggy acidic conditions would cause cereal to spoil.
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∙ 14y agoMoisture, exposure to heat and sunlight, vermin, and time.
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What is inside chicken that causes it to spoil?
Microorganisms cause chicken to spoil.
What causes feta to spoil?
Exposure to air.
What Causes Fruits to Spoil?
heat and light
What causes food to spoil mold cooking viruses protozoa?
mould
Does light affect food?
Yes, light is one of the things that causes food to spoil faster. This is true of both natural light and artificial light. This process is called photodegradation.
Why do fungi spoil things they grow on?
because its their hobby
What do you call people who destroy or spoil things?
Destructive.
How do you know if your freezer is breaking?
well when things start to melt and spoil.
Can fruit spoil?
Yes.... fruit can spoil because there are organisms that eat fruits and the mold and other things are the stuff that they left behind when they are done eating
Why does an over-ripen banana in your fruit basket cause the other fruits to begin to spoil?
As bananas ripen they give off a gas that causes other fruit near them to ripen faster and then spoil.
How can one use bananas that are about to spoil?
There are many uses for bananas that are about to spoil. The best way to use them is in baking, examples of things that someone can make are banana bread, muffins and cookies.
Can cooked meat spoil?
Yes, absolutely, but takes longer to spoil than uncooked food and depends on how quickly it was refrigerated and stored after cooking. Different food takes different amounts of time to spoil.
