• Sanjana Shrivastava
• Jastin Samuel

In modern world food has been persevered by wide range of methods which involves variety of chemicals used as preservatives. These chemical preservatives are produced in laboratories by many methods. These preservatives are popular in food industries as they are cheaper, easy to manufacture, easy to apply, effectiveness, increases shelf life, prevents growth of pathogens in food. But the most significant drawback of using these chemically derived preservatives is its harmful effects on human health and well-being. They can cause damage to your body in a long run. Talking about the use of fermentation as a method of food preservation we saw that it is a way better option to preserve food because it doesn’t have harmful after-effect during fermentation. In the contrary, fermentation leads to improvement of the food quality and safety. This article in detail about application of fermentation as a sustainable preservation method.

Fermentation; Food; Preservation; Natural; Microorganisms

"Fermentation as a sustainable method of food preservation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1445-1450, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06230.pdf

"Fermentation as a sustainable method of food preservation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1445-1450, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06230.pdf