Food preservation: Hostile environment - CHEG 442
Channel: FoodSci with ProfVigeant
Date: 2020-05-29

Part of the food preservation series. So you've killed microbes, sealed everything into a clean container. Now what? How do we keep microbes from re-growing? Well, we make the food itself a hostile environment for microbial growth - we can do this through fermentation, through adding acids, alcohol, or preservatives, and/or controlling water activity!