Which of the following is an important criteria for a pet food to have storage stability?

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

Which of the following is an important criteria for a pet food to have storage stability?

(a) Water activity is less than one

(b) Water activity is less than one & High mold inhibitor

(c) High mold inhibitor

(d) Neither of the mentioned

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

The doubt is from Principles of Semi-Moist Foods-1 topic 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

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