Processing foods can make the food safer, more palatable and extend its shelf-life. It can also change the structure and nutritional composition of food. From the list below, choose the main effect of processing in the following situations:
-$\bullet$Lauren has a large vegetable garden and freezes what she can't eat when she has a surplus. Before freezing her vegetables, she immerses them in boiling water for a short period of time before rapidly cooling in ice water. She finds this helps to prevent spoilage

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Immerging vegetables in boiling water and then rapidly cooling them in ice water is a form of blanching, which inactivates enzymes in the vegetables that can cause spoilage over time. This helps to extend the shelf life of the vegetables.

Processing Foods Can Make the Food Safer, More Palatable and Extend