Organic Chemistry

The importance of chemistry for the food preservation is explained below with example: (i) The foodstuff which are able to be rotten e.g. fish, meat,…

Natural food preservatives: The substances obtained from nature which is used as preservative to preserve the food stuff are called natural food preservatives. Such natural…

The temperature 121°C is needed for retorting the non-acidic or less acidic food. The extreme temperature at which microorganism or bacteria presence in the foodstuffs…

Formaline: 30-40% aqueous solution of formaldehyde is called formaline. It is used as preservative in biological laboratory to preserve different dead animal. Formaline is used…

Preparation of Ghee from butter: It is easy to prepare ghee from the boiling of butter. In this process butter is boiled slowly so that…

Curing is the food preservation process. In this process salt are added to the food and the water is removed from food by osmosis. For…

Working System of Vinegar: The chemical structure of ethanoic acid in vinegar neutralize the active site of microorganism. The Pka value of Ethanoic acid is 4.75.…

Peoples feel sleepy after the eating of water rice because alcohol is produced in water rice. At first, bacteria are grown which fermented the carbohydrate of…

Food safety: In the different stage of food production to eating, the technique of preserve the food from microorganism and pollution is called food safety.…

Here the preservatives are vinegar. The importance of these preservatives in our daily life is given below: Vinegar is a good preservative. It destroys the…