Re: Does the processing of food produce gas?
Date: Thu Nov 5 21:38:44 1998
Posted By: Jack Paxton, Faculty Crop Science Emeritus, University of Illinois
Area of science: Agricultural Sciences
ID: 909240945.Ag
Message:
You need to clarify your question.
Steam is a gas that is often produced in food processing.
Other gases would depend on the food being processed and how
it is processed.
Some foods when digested do produce gas [flatus]. Often
complex sugars or trisaccharides are involved. They are used
by bacteria in your gut which produce carbon dioxide and
methane in metabolising these sugars.
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