Which of the following statement with respect to food preservation is true?

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.8k points)

Which of the following statement with respect to food preservation is true?

(a) Leafy vegetables perish fast due to their high moisture content

(b) Cereals have the highest requirements of moisture and soil types

(c) Cereal can be grown with less labour and yield of food is high

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in an interview.

This interesting question is from Food Preservation-1 in chapter Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

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