Question

What are the applications of fermentation?

Answer 1

Fermentation:

1. Fermentation is a metabolic process that uses enzymes to induce chemical changes in organic substrates.
2. It is the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen.
3. In food production, it can refer to any method in which microbes cause a beneficial alteration in a food or beverage.
4. Applications of fermentation include:
   1. Creation of yogurt, pickles, bread, and other bakery and culinary products
   2. Production of alcoholic biofuels and other beverages such as beer, wine, liquors, and ethyl alcohol.
   3. Curing tea
   4. Tanning of leather.
   5. Preparations of antibiotics