Minimally Processed Fruits and Vegetables: Fundamental Aspects and Applications FROM THE PUBLISHER
An Aspen Food Engineering Series Book.
This new reference work in the Food Engineering Series covers basic and new information and issues, and new and refined existing technologies in the preservation of fruits and vegetables with a minimum of processing. Beginning with a section on detecting and controlling good and harmful microorganisms in fruits and vegetable tissues, surveys a range of preservation technologies, talks about new technologies being developed in landmark multinational projects, and ends by covering the legal aspects of minimally processed produce in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia.
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A host of international scholars and food processing experts share their research on some of the relevant topics of minimal processing (a variety of technologies that increase the shelf-life of fresh foods while retaining freshness or that improve the quality of long shelf- life products). This book covers the microbiological, physiochemical, and structural aspects of minimal processing, preservation technologies, and legal aspects of minimally processed fruits and vegetables. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)