Biology GCSE
Food preservation
What Food preservation means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Food preservation
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Reference: AQA
Refrigerating, drying, salting or vacuum-packing food to preserve it, explained by controlling the factors that affect decay.
Topics that use Food preservation
- Decomposition (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration and oxygen
- Anaerobic decay
- Appropriate scales
- Biogas generators
- Control of variables and rate calculations
- Decomposition and decay
- Enzyme activity and temperature
- Gradient
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