FOOD PRESERVATION – is the process of preventing food

spoilage by creating conditions under which microorganisms

cannot multiply and grow. Some preserved food nowadays
are delicious and full of flavor.
Ways of Food Preservation:
1. Drying – is the removal of moisture or water in
food. It is the most ancient method food
preservation known to man.

There are 2 kinds of food drying:

a. Natural drying which the moisture content of food is
reduced by drying under the heat of the sun.
b. Artificial drying by the use of a mechanical device,
using artificial heated air with controlled conditions of
temperature, the food being dried should be in uniformed.
2. Smoking – exposes fresh or salted food to smoke from
burning tree barks, sawdust, or wood shavings.

3. Salting – usual way of preserving food among fishermen.

There are 2 ways of food salting:
a. Fish, meat or pork is salted,
b. A solution of salt & water (brine solution) is poured
on the food inside a container.
4. Pickling – is preserving food using a solution of vinegar,
salt, sugar, and other spices.
There are 2 methods of pickling:
 a. Simple pickling-after the food is prepared and placed in
a sterilized container, a boiling solution with spices is poured
on it directly.
b. Fermented pickling- after the food is prepared and
placed in a sterilized container, cooled brine solution is
poured directly on the food and allowed to stay for days
until it is fermented or has become sour.
5. Preservation Using Sugar – fruits are usually preserved in

sugar solution or syrup. Fruits preserved in syrup is cooked

over a low fire until the water content of this is replaced by
the syrup. Fruits are preserved in syrup to make the
following:
a. Jelly –
b. Jam
c. preserves