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Pickles have a long shelf life and do not get spoiled for months, why?

A preservative is a substance that is added to products such as food, beverages etc to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes .pickle contains table salt and sugar vegetable oils which act as preservatives. thus prevention pickels from spoiling.


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