Question

Semi moist food items work on the principle that the additives will diffuse into the food to an extent that the final concentration in the food and in the solution will be similar.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in final exam.

My enquiry is from Principles of Semi-Moist Foods-2 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

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

To explain I would say: Semi moist food items work on the principle that the additives will diffuse into the food to an extent that the final concentration in the food and in the solution will be similar.