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Does irradiation reduce vitamin C contents in fruits and vegetables?

Est-ce que le traitement ionisant diminue l'apport en vitamine C des fruits et légumes ?

Author(s) : HASSELMANN C.

Type of excerpt: Other

Summary

Disinfestation and delayed ripening of fruits and vegetables by irradiation at doses lower than 2 kGy, to avoid organoleptic modifications (softening, pitting), do not cause any significant radiolytic destruction of vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid and L-dehydroascorbic acid), neither just after treatment, nor during storage. The suggestion that considerable losses of vitamin C occur in irradiated fruits and vegetables by opponents to food irradiation is totally irrelevant.

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  • Original title: Est-ce que le traitement ionisant diminue l'apport en vitamine C des fruits et légumes ?
  • Record ID : 2001-0245
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Le traitement ionisant des aliments.
  • Publication date: 1997/10
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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