food preservation

collocation in English

meaningsoffoodandpreservation

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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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preservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌprez.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from ...
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(Definition offoodandpreservationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffood preservation

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One would have to add the salt needed for many other uses, such asfoodpreservation, tanning of skins, making textile dyes, and so on.
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Even in such humdrum matters asfoodpreservation, much money has been lost to the nation through the need for adequate research.
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Irradiation is just one method offoodpreservation.
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I understand that the scientists there have perfected methods offoodpreservationwhich are now being used by private firms.
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In food production and infoodpreservationwe are using chemicals which are potent poisons for the respiration of cells.
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I want this particular method offoodpreservationto be available to all classes of the community in this country.
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It is the only form offoodpreservationbeing used on a large scale without proper scientific evaluation or having stood the test of time.
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Allfoodpreservationdepends on arresting the rate of spoilage, whether by curing or salting, which goes back centuries, by canning, by freezing, by dehydrating or, nowadays, by irradiation.
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Our cold storage and refrigeration plants have been greatly increased, more elevators have been erected and remarkable progress has been made infoodpreservation, especially in canning.
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Extensive research by a number of expert bodies has established that food irradiation does not result in any greater loss of vitamins than other comparablefoodpreservationprocesses.
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Many strategies forfoodpreservation(salting, pickling, jams, bottling, freezing, drying) are to prevent or slow mold growth as well as growth of other microbes.
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Thesefoodpreservationprocesses can include adding salt, nitrates, nitrite or sugar, can involve smoking and flavoring the fish, and may include cooking it.
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This was the first cookbook of its kind on modernfoodpreservationmethods.
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Asepticfoodpreservationmethods allow processed food to keep for long periods of time without preservatives, as long as they are not opened.
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Much of the cuisine of this area is dependent onfoodpreservationtechniques, namely dehydration and canning.
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During these years, his interests were extended to applied biochemistry offoodpreservation.
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Drying is a method offoodpreservationthat works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of microorganisms.
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Foodpreservationoperations and food processing operations are examples of activities that require the skills of food engineering technologists and engineers.
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Because the work areas were cooled to comply withfoodpreservationlaws, humidity was high, so-called wet conditions.
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Many processes designed to preserve food will involve a number offoodpreservationmethods.
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