Salts and Sugars Work to Preserve Foods by Creating A

Question

Salts and sugars work to preserve foods by creating a
A)depletion of nutrients.
B)hypotonic environment.
C)lower osmotic pressure.
D)hypertonic environment.
E)lower pH.

Accepted Answer

Salts and sugars work to preserve foods by creating a hypertonic environment, where the concentration of solutes is higher outside of the cells of microorganisms than inside. This causes water to move out of the cells, leading to a dehydration that kills or inhibits the growth of these organisms.