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by packing food with a lot of salt, osmosis is being used to keep bacteria out of the food.
If bacteria land on food with a high salt content, then the salt will suck moisture out of the bacteria via osmosis and the bacteria will die.
This is not true for halophiles (bacteria that tend to enjoy being in high salt content), but it is true for many bacteria. This is why, before a good understanding of micro-organisms was developed, people noticed that food could be preserved with salt and this was known as "curing" the food.
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How does salting preserve food?
the salt kills bacteria that spoils the food
What structures in plant cells capture light energy to produce food?
mitochondria
What process is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane?
This is the process of osmosis. The membrane allows a solvent (usually water) to move from an area with lower solute concentration to one with greater concentration.
What uses oxygen to break down food?
What would most likely be using oxygen to break down food would be the cells in humans and other animals in a process called "osmosis" and respiration plays a role in this as well.
How do you spell osmosis?
Really? osmosis.
How does water preserve food?
water can not preserve food it attracts mold
Does water preserve foods?
On meat, salt can preserve food.
How does heat preserve food from rotting?
well once you have cooked the food it is ready to it so there is no need to preserve it
How did peasants preserve their food?
They stuffed the food with salt which would let it dry out and that's how they would preserve it.
Could water preserve food?
Water doesn't necessarily preserve food. However, the canning process can preserve food. The boiling process can prevent any transfer of bacteria, fungus or microbes.
What is stores water food and minerals?
the answer is osmosis
Does honey preserve food?
no.
What helps to preserve food and adds flavor?
Salt is used to preserve food along with adding taste.
How does food water and oxygen enter cells?
By osmosis
Can osmosis affect the taste of food?
yes
What are ways to preserve food?
salting
Can zeolite preserve food?
Yes
