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Know about Foods

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By N. Kishore Kumar

Class - VA

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Food Spoilt

  • Food items spoil due to different reasons
  • Some foods spoil soon
  • Some stay good for long
  • Seasons and conditions influence food spoils
    • Milk will get spoilt easily in hot season
    • Chutney get spoilt if enough chilly is not added

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Identifying Spoilt Food items

  • Spoilt foods are identified by touch, smell, colour etc.,
    • By Touch
      • Breads – becomes harder
      • Tomato – Becomes Softer
    • By Smell
      • Chutney – Unpleasant smell
      • Avial – Unpleasant smell
    • By Colour
      • Bread – Turns White due to fungus action
      • Cut Apple – Turns brown due to oxidation

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Coconut Chutney

Milk

Avial

Kheer

Mango Juice

Food items that spoil in a few hours

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Food items that spoil in a Day

Dal

Sambar

Curd

Rice (Cooked)

Cut Fruits

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Food items that stay good for a Week

Bread

Coconut Whole

Green Peas

Lemon

Vegetables

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Food items that stay good for a Month

Mixture

Biscuits

Muruku

Pulse

Beet Root

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Food items that stay good for a Year

Dry Fruits

Masala

Red Chilli

Raw Rice

Pickles

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  • We should avoid eating junk foods
  • If we eat junk food we feel unhealthy
  • Eating Junk Food causes diseases
  • Examples of Junk Foods;
    • Lays
    • Kurkure
    • Chips
    • Pizza
    • Burger
    • Fast Foods etc.

Junk Foods

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Obese

  • We become Obese, if we eat Junk Foods
  • Eating Sweats also lead to Obese

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  • Foods have self life known by its expiry date printed in the packet

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Self Life

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  • Food Items are kept fresh
  • By keeping in Fridge
    • Curd, Vegetables, Chocolates, Ice-cream etc.
  • By keeping in Air tight containers
    • Pickles, Bread.
  • By Boiling
    • Milk
  • By keeping in a dry and open place
    • Onion, Garlic
  • By wrapping in a damp cloth
    • Green Coriander leaves (Dhania Leaves)

Keeping Food Items Fresh

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