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Statement 1: The retention of ______ is improved at approximately 48 deg C and in either nitrogen or air.

Statement 2: In _____ food items sulphite content is greatly retarded.

(a) Citric acid, treated

(b) Sulphides, untreated

(c) Ascorbic acid, treated

(d) All of the mentioned, untreated

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Query is from Principles of Food Preservation by Drying-2 in section Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

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Right answer is (c) Ascorbic acid, treated

Best explanation: The retention of ascorbic acid is improved at approximately 48 deg C and in either nitrogen or air. In treated food items sulphite content is greatly retarded.

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