{"id":17651,"date":"2023-09-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.agri-techsolutions.com\/conservar-o-almacenar-alimentos-cual-es-la-diferencia\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T22:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T22:16:40","slug":"preserve-or-store-food-what-is-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/conservar-o-almacenar-alimentos-cual-es-la-diferencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving or storing food: What is the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you know the key differences between preserving and storing and why it is important for agribusiness professionals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing in detail each of their differences makes the difference when it comes to ensuring the quality and safety of food. There are two main methods that tend to confuse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preservation and storage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The preservation<\/strong> refers to the set of techniques, processes, and measures applied to maintain the quality, integrity, and durability of food over time. It consists of implementing appropriate conditions and methods to prevent deterioration, the proliferation of microorganisms, and the loss of nutritional and sensory properties of food. Preservation seeks to ensure the availability of safe and high-quality food, both for immediate consumption and for long-term storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, storage<\/strong> is the process of keeping and safeguarding products and food in a safe and appropriate place for later use or distribution. It consists of orderly and strategic arrangement, it is important to highlight that not in all cases will storage ensure good preservation, however, preservation assumes storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some key differences between preserving and storing food:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, food preservation usually involves more processing than storage. This is because food preservation involves killing or eliminating microorganisms, which can damage the texture, flavor, or nutritional value of food. In contrast, storing food usually does not involve any process, so its quality is preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, food preservation usually has a longer shelf life than storage. This is because preservation prevents the growth of microorganisms, which can spoil food. In contrast, storing food only slows down the growth of microorganisms, so its shelf life is shorter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirdly, preserving food is usually more expensive than storing it. This is because food preservation requires more processing and packaging. In contrast, storing food does not require any processing or packaging, so it is less costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to preserve or store food depends on several factors, such as the type of food, the desired shelf life, and the budget. For agribusiness professionals, it is important to understand the key differences between these two food preservation methods so they can choose the best method for their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you like to know which of these methods suits the qualities of your product?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At ATS we provide agribusiness technology consulting, to offer sustainable solutions that help improve the direction and efficiency of your company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact an advisor and we will answer each of your questions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00bfConoces las diferencias clave entre conservar y almacenar y por qu\u00e9 es importante para los profesionales de la agroindustria? Saber […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,12,13],"class_list":["post-17651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agroindustria","tag-agroindustria","tag-almacenar","tag-conservar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agri-techsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}