Edible coatings as carriers of food additives on fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Raybaudi Massilia, Rosa M ^a   Mosqueda Melgar, Jonathan ^a   Tapia, María S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Antisoftening; Edible coating; Fruits and vegetables; Nutraceutical

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649542774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.3.3     Document Type: Review

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