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  • Question
  • Acid foods with a pH between 4.5 and 3.7 usually are spoiled by


  • Options
  • A. B. coagulans
  • B. Saccharolytic anaerobe
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


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    • 1. High acid foods with a pH above 5.3 are especially subjected to

    • Options
    • A. flat sour spoilage
    • B. putrefaction
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. TA spoilage
    • Discuss
    • 2. The canned acid foods such as pineapple, tomatoes and pears have been found spoiled by C. pasteurianum. Such spoilage is more likely when the pH of the food is

    • Options
    • A. >4.5
    • B. <4.5
    • C. >5.3
    • D. <5.3
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following species can cause bitterness, acidity and curdling in canned milk, cream and evaporated milk?

    • Options
    • A. Bacillus
    • B. Clostridium
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. Saccharomyces
    • Discuss
    • 4. The most important kind of chemical spoilage of canned foods is the hydrogen swell which is favored by

    • Options
    • A. increasing acidities of foods
    • B. increasing temperature of storage
    • C. imperfection in the tinning and lacquering
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following(s) is/are porteolytic or putrefactive decomposing proteins with the production of malodorous compounds such as H2S, mercaptans, ammonia, indole and skatole?

    • Options
    • A. C. sporogenes
    • B. C. putrifaciens
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. C. butyricum
    • Discuss
    • 6. Canned meat and fish exhibit spoilage by

    • Options
    • A. Bacillus species
    • B. Clostridium species
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. Saccharomyces
    • Discuss
    • 7. The immediate source of the flat sour bacteria is usually the

    • Options
    • A. plant equipment
    • B. sugar
    • C. starch
    • D. soil
    • Discuss
    • 8. Canned sweetened condensed milk may become thickened by

    • Options
    • A. Bacillus species
    • B. Clostridium species
    • C. Micrococcus species
    • D. Saccharomyces species
    • Discuss
    • 9. The ability of B. coagulans to grow in tomato juice depends upon the

    • Options
    • A. number of spores present
    • B. the availability of oxygen
    • C. the pH of the juice
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Medium acid foods with a pH between 5.3 and 4.5 are likely to undergo

    • Options
    • A. flat sour spoilage
    • B. putrefaction
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. TA spoilage
    • Discuss


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