Question

1. How does reduction of oxygen exposure affect the browning of fruit?

2. How does pH affect the browning of fruit?

3. How does antioxidants affect the browning of fruit?

4. How does temperature affect the browning of fruit?

5. Is it the acidity or the vitamin C content that causes orange juice to reduce browning?

Answer 1

zymie browing is an oxidation reaction that takes place in some fruits eaufino the food to turn brown oxygen in the air can eause slieed fruit to brown, a process called enzymie Growning Phenols and the enzyme

- Pheno lase are found in the cells of the apple and when these are exposed to oxygen in the air for example throwon slieing the oxygen causes a reaptim. The phenolase. Changes the Phenolol into melanin, which is brown colour. In this way oxygen exposure affect : fruit. the brow gring of C's Scanned with CamScanner :