Question

Statement 1: Moisture vapor obtained from sublimation needs to be evacuated to keep the system below the critical pressure level.

Statement 2: Deterioration of muscle protein occurs in a salt solution above 5%.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

This question was posed to me in an interview.

The origin of the question is Principles of Food Preservation by Drying-1 in section Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) True, True

Explanation: Moisture vapor obtained from sublimation needs to be evacuated to keep the system below the critical pressure level. Deterioration of muscle protein occurs in a salt solution above 5%.