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Q: salt and sugar preserve food

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milu
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09/17/04 - 07:04 PM

Sugar and Salt have been used to preserve food for years could anyone explain how it works????
please :oops:
thank you

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bactitech
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09/18/04 - 09:44 AM

http://www.nutrition.org.uk/information/foodscien...

Check out this link.

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Malaysian
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09/18/04 - 10:14 AM

Its just that the concentration of sugar and salt inhibit bacterial growth due to osmosis

milu
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09/19/04 - 11:04 AM

thank you bactitech

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milu
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09/19/04 - 11:04 AM

thanks malaysian

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