Handling and preservation of fruits and vegetables by combined methods for rural areas : technical manual /
Contains information on post-harvest handling and marketing operations and storage of fresh and processed products. Highlights technology which, when combined, has a positive and synergistic effect in preventing biochemical and physicochemical reactions and microbial growth - the main causes of qual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
©2003.
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| Series: | FAO agricultural services bulletin ;
149. |
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| Summary: | Contains information on post-harvest handling and marketing operations and storage of fresh and processed products. Highlights technology which, when combined, has a positive and synergistic effect in preventing biochemical and physicochemical reactions and microbial growth - the main causes of quality losses in fruits and vegetables. Suggested methodologies combine technologies such as mild heat treatment, water activity reduction, lowering of the pH and use of anti-microbial substances to realize the potential of minimally processed, high-moisture fruit products. These relatively new technologies have been successfully applied to several important tropical and non-tropical fruits in different countries of Latin America. |
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| Item Description: | "TC/M/Y4358E/1/11.02/1600"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 99 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-103). |
| ISBN: | 9251048614 |
| ISSN: | 1010-1365 ; |