Question

The reason why vegetables like green peas and beans are stored in the deep fridge (approximately 0 degC) and not ordinary refrigeration is because freshly harvested vegetables themselves release a lot of heat and peas and beans evolve a lot of heat at low temperatures also.

(a) True

(b) False

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My enquiry is from Principles of Fresh Food Storage-2 in section Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage,  Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

Easy explanation: The reason why vegetables like green peas and beans are stored in the deep fridge (approximately 0 degC) and not ordinary refrigeration is because freshly harvested vegetables themselves release a lot of heat and peas and beans evolve a lot of heat at low temperatures also. Heat spoils vegetables.