TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbosa-Cánovas,Gustavo V.
ED  - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
TI  - Handling and preservation of fruits and vegetables by combined methods for rural areas: technical manual 
SN  - 9251048614
AV  - TP368 .H34 2003
U1  - 664.8 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Rome
PB  - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
KW  - Food
KW  - Preservation
KW  - Fruit
KW  - Vegetables
N1  - "TC/M/Y4358E/1/11.02/1600"--P. [4] of cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98)
N2  - 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
ER  -