Statement 1: Sorbic acid is an effective fungistatic agent. Statement 2: Potassium sorbate solution + ethylene glycol helps in easy precipitation.

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

Statement 1: Sorbic acid is an effective fungistatic agent.

Statement 2: Potassium sorbate solution + ethylene glycol helps in easy precipitation.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

I got this question during an interview.

My query is from Principles of Semi-Moist Foods-1 topic in portion 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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