Handling and preservation of fruits and vegetables by combined methods for rural areas : technical manual / by Gustavo V. Barbosa-Câanovas ... [et al.].
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Series: FAO agricultural services bulletin ; 149Publication details: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003.Description: viii, 99 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:- 9251048614
- 664.8 22
- TP368 .H34 2003
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"TC/M/Y4358E/1/11.02/1600"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98).
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.