IMAGINE a world where it’s impossible to stop food from going bad. How different our lives would be! Think of some of your favourite foods – maybe a juicy burger, crispy chips or creamy cake. If we didn’t have ways to keep food fresh for longer, we’d quickly end up with stinky burgers, hard chips and mouldy cake!
The process of keeping food fresh for a long time is called food preservation, and humans have been doing it for thousands of years! Let’s find out more.
WHY DOES FOOD GO BAD?
Before we learn about some methods of food preservation, let’s take a look at why food goes bad in the first
