Freezing Preservation of Fruits

Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 103-119

  De Ancos, Begõna ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Concepción ^a   De Pascual Teresa, Sonia ^a   Cano, M Pilar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH CIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzyme content to fruit quality, reviewed; European Commission on food safety policy and EFSA; Factors affecting frozen fruit quality; Freezing effect on fruit, plant cell structure review; Freezing preservation in fruits; Freezing principles; Freezing rate control, in reducing cell damage; Freezing, long term preservation storage of fruits; Frozen storage and thawing, modifying natural fruit aroma; PPP factors and TTT factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887214469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118352533.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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