The pre-treatment of fruits and vegetables.

Author(s) : TORREGGIANI D., LUCAS T., RAOULT WACK A. L.

Type of excerpt: Book chapter

Summary

Fruit and vegetables are very sensitive to freezing damage. To prevent this damage, several treatments are described and studied: washing, blanching, dehydration, immersion chilling and freezing using various solutions (salt, ethanol, sugar). The emphasis of this article is on these techniques.

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  • Original title: The pre-treatment of fruits and vegetables.
  • Record ID : 2001-1931
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Managing frozen foods.
  • Publication date: 2000
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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