Question

Suggest a word, chemicals added to food to prevent the growth of microorganisms?

Answer 1

Food preservatives :

• To prevent any microorganism from growing in food due to leaving food open for a continuous period of time chemicals are used.
• These chemicals are known as Food preservatives
• This growth relatively weakens the nature of food and it becomes unhealthy
• These preservatives prevent microbial infection in the food.

Examples :

• Sodium benzoate and Sodium meta bisulfate are the common chemicals to check the growth of microorganisms.
• Chemicals like Nitrite, Butylated hydroxy anisol (BHA), Butylated hydroxyl toluene (BHT), Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), vinegar, Citric acid, and calcium propionate are used to preserve food materials.

Hence, the chemicals added to food to prevent the growth of microorganisms are Food preservatives.