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How do the following help in food preservation? Sugar


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Food preservation:

  1. Substances that are added to a food so as to stop or slow down spoilage are called preservatives.
  2. The technique to treat a food and increase its shelf life is called food preservation.
  3. Preservatives can be salt, sugar, chemical compounds etc.

Sugar:

  1. Addition of sugar inhibits the growth of the bacteria.

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