Why Is the Pasta You Buy from the Grocery Store

question 39

Multiple Choice

Why is the pasta you buy from the grocery store shelf considered a nonperishable food?

• A) It was sterilized during preparation.
• B) It has a low nutritional content.
• C) Microbes present in the pasta inhibit the growth of harmful microbes.
• D) Various preservative chemicals are added.
• E) The low moisture content prevents microbial growth.

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