Fresh-cut fruit and vegetables

Improving the Health-Promoting Properties of Fruit and Vegetable Products

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 475-504

  Gil, María Isabel ^a   Kader, A A ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845694289.5.475     Document Type: Chapter

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