Why Is the Pasta You Buy from the Grocery Store

question 41

Multiple Choice

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

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

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