What is a method of slowing down food spoilage?

Answer 1

Adding perservatives - such as salts or sugars or other chemicals with that fucntion - dry the food up and cause a change in the osmotic gradient which limits the metabolism of the decomposers.

Or the cooling down of food, which also limits the metabolism. Heating it up will kill off bacteria and fungi, which are what are responsible for decomposing organic matter.

Answer 2

Antibiotics slow or stop the growth of bacteria.

Answer 3

Dry freezing, vacuum freezing, freezer, fridge, using preservatives.

Answer 4

Preservation is the answer, but the way of doing so is pasteurization.

Answer 5

pasteurisation

Answer 6

preservative