
What is the difference between fermented food and spoiled food?
A) Fermented foods are made using certain genera of bacteria only. Spoilage of food involves bacteria, molds, AND yeasts.
B) Fermented foods are changed by microbes but are edible. Spoiled foods are also changed by microbes but are full of microbial toxins that always lead to illness.
C) Fermented foods may change in appearance but they taste the same as non-fermented foods. Spoiled foods look the same as unspoiled foods but they taste different.
D) Fermented foods are intentionally altered during production by carefully controlling the activity of bacteria, yeasts, or molds. Spoiled foods have microbe-induced changes that are undesirable.
E) Fermented foods result from undesirable changes made by microbes. Spoiled foods result from desirable changes made by the same types of microbes.
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