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  2. Food drying - Wikipedia

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    Food drying is a method of food preservation in which food is dried (dehydrated or desiccated). Drying inhibits the growth of bacteria , yeasts , and mold through the removal of water . Dehydration has been used widely for this purpose since ancient times; the earliest known practice is 12,000 B.C. by inhabitants of the modern Asian and Middle ...

  3. Intermediate moisture food - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate moisture foods (IMF) are shelf-stable products that have water activities of 0.6-0.85, with a moisture content ranging from 15% - 40% and are edible without rehydration. [1] These food products are below the minimum water activity for most bacteria (0.90), but are susceptible to yeast and mold growth .

  4. List of dried foods - Wikipedia

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    Various dried foods in a dried foods store An electric food dehydrator with mango and papaya slices being dried. This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food ...

  5. Osmotic dehydration - Wikipedia

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    Osmotic dehydration is an operation used for the partial removal of water from plant tissues by immersion in a hypertonic solution. Sugar or salt solutions are used to reduce the moisture content of foods before actual drying process. This technique is used to give the product quality improvement over conventional drying process.

  6. Curing (food preservation) - Wikipedia

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    Because curing increases the solute concentration in the food and hence decreases its water potential, the food becomes inhospitable for the microbe growth that causes food spoilage. Curing can be traced back to antiquity, and was the primary method of preserving meat and fish until the late 19th century.

  7. Food preservation - Wikipedia

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    Most foods can be preserved in soil that is very dry and salty (thus a desiccant) such as sand, or soil that is frozen. Many root vegetables are very resistant to spoilage and require no other preservation than storage in cool dark conditions, for example by burial in the ground, such as in a storage clamp (not to be confused with a root cellar ...

  8. 9 foods to avoid cooking in your Instant Pot, according to a ...

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    Green vegetables If you're like me, you want your green veggies like broccoli, zucchini and Brussels sprouts super tender. But if you add them to an Instant Pot, they can turn gray and mushy ...

  9. Food dehydrator - Wikipedia

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    The water content of food is usually very high, typically 80–95% for various fruits and vegetables and 50–75% for various meats. Removing moisture from food restrains various bacteria from growing and spoiling food, as well as dramatically reducing the weight and often the volume of the food, making it easier to store.