Question

If a dehydrated porous absorptive food is soaked in a solution whose viscosity is not too high to penetrate, then the food will absorb an amount of solution approximately equal to the amount of water it would normally absorb.

(a) True

(b) False

I have been asked this question in unit test.

My question is from Principles of Semi-Moist Foods-2 in division Principles of Semi-Moist Foods, Principles of Food Preservation by Fermentation, Principles of Food Pickling and Curing and Principles of Food Storage Stability of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) True

Explanation: If a dehydrated porous absorptive food is soaked in a solution whose viscosity is not too high to penetrate, then the food will absorb an amount of solution approximately equal to the amount of water it would normally absorb.