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  1. Food storage - Wikipedia

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    A food storage calculator can be used to help determine how much of these staple foods a person would need to store in order to sustain life for one full year. In addition to storing the basic food items many people choose to supplement their food storage with frozen or preserved garden-grown fruits and vegetables and freeze-dried or canned ...

  2. Pickling - Wikipedia

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    A jar of pickled cucumbers (front) and a jar of pickled onions (back) Pickling is the process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. The pickling procedure typically affects the food's texture and flavor. The resulting food is called a pickle, or, if named, the name ...

  3. Food irradiation - Wikipedia

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    The international Radura logo, used to show a food has been treated with ionizing radiation. A portable, trailer-mounted food irradiation machine, c. 1968 Food irradiation (sometimes American English: radurization; British English: radurisation) is the process of exposing food and food packaging to ionizing radiation, such as from gamma rays, x-rays, or electron beams.

  4. High lead levels found in cinnamon and spice blends from 12 ...

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    Cinnamon powder sold by Paras contained the highest levels of lead, at 3.52 parts per million, or ppm, according to the report. The next highest level was found in cinnamon powder from EGN (2.91 ...

  5. High levels of lead found in 12 cinnamon brands. List to avoid.

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    Here are the 12 brands of spice blends and cinnamon that CR says to stop using: Paras cinnamon powderEGN cinnamon powderMimi's Products ground cinnamonBowl & Basket ground cinnamonRani Brand ...

  6. Curing (food preservation) - Wikipedia

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    Curing is any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat, fish and vegetables, by the addition of salt, with the aim of drawing moisture out of the food by the process of osmosis. Because curing increases the solute concentration in the food and hence decreases its water potential, the food becomes inhospitable ...

  7. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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    16,000,000 [5] SHU. Capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) (/ kæpˈseɪsɪn / or / kæpˈseɪəsɪn /) is an active component of chili peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum. It is a potent irritant for mammals, including humans, and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact.

  8. Scoville scale - Wikipedia

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    The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, [2] is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh. The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.