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Comment by askvictor | original | Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity
[−]askvictor · 2026-10-11 Sun 01:13 UTC · link
Yes, and no. Just about all of the water is removed; and the high salt and fat content make them hostile to microbes.
[−]Terr_ · 2026-10-11 Sun 01:50 UTC · link
There's also some interesting science with stuff like MREs, where I have significant water content but it has somehow been made non-bio-available to smaller organisms.