Article | REF: F3450 V1

Transformation and preservation agri-food products

Author: Henry-Éric SPINNLER

Publication date: June 10, 2008

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2. Nutritional and organoleptic properties of foods

2.1 Preservation by fermentation

Fermentation is one of the oldest means of food preservation. The most recent studies show that bread, the oldest fermented food found, was already being made 5,600 years ago. Fermented milks, beer and wine were already being made 3,500 years ago.

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2.1.1 Principle

Food fermentations are biochemical transformations carried out by eukaryotic or prokaryotic microorganisms which, through their activities in the initial food product, create a physico-chemical environment...

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