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Vinegar is a preservative because it composes many acids.

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What is the examples of food preserve?

vinegar (when pickling), salt . . .


How did people preserve food on a sailing boat?

Before cans, jars, and freezers. Food was preserve by being salted, being placed in oil, or with vinegar.


How does vinegar preserve food?

it is acidic so it would significantly retard bacteria growth. Using vinegar to preserve food is called pickling. It usually involves removing water from the food by soaking it in a brine (salt water) solution and then allowing the food to soak the vinegar back into it. Many foods can be pickled such as fish (herring) and cucumbers.


What household materials can preserve food?

Examples: salt (sodium chloride), vinegar, sugar.


How oil and vinegar prevent spoilage of food?

Oil and vinegar have antiseptic qualities which help preserve food. The oil submerses the food from any airborne contaminants, while the vinegar sterilizes the food's environment.


What is to preserve by soaking in vinegar or brine?

Foods soaked in vinegar are pickled, and soaked in salt are salt-cured. Both are means of preserving food. <><><> It is called "pickling"


What is vinegar used for in the process of pickling?

Vinegar is used in pickling to create a sour and tangy flavor, preserve the food by creating an acidic environment that inhibits bacterial growth, and help maintain the texture of the pickled food.


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 the uses for vinegar?

To flavour food To preserve food It can also be used to discourage rodents such as mice and rats from entering your garden if you sprinkle some around the edges of your garden


What methods could sailors have used long ago to preserve food?

One method could have been pickling the food.


Could a person with chronic heart failure have vinegar on their food?

Yes - no problem.


How does water preserve food?

water can not preserve food it attracts mold