Question

Statement 1: Chemical reactions _____ during dehydration and storage of dehydrated material.

Statement 2: The low cost of dried meat, fish and eggs is because _____

(a) Increase, they aren’t dried properly

(b) Decrease, it’s expensive

(c) Increase, fresh and frozen has a higher quality

(d) Decrease, All of the mentioned

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Asked question is from Principles of Food Preservation by Drying-2 in portion Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) Increase, fresh and frozen has a higher quality

To elaborate: Chemical reactions increase during dehydration and storage of dehydrated material.

The low cost of dried meat, fish and eggs is because fresh and frozen has a higher quality.