Organic food processing: A framework for concept, starting definitions and evaluation

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2582-2594

  Kahl, Johannes ^a   Alborzi, Farnaz ^a   Beck, Alexander ^b   Bügel, Susanne ^c   Busscher, Nicolaas ^a   Geier, Uwe ^d   Matt, Darja ^e   Meischner, Tabea ^d   Paoletti, Flavio ^f   Pehme, Sirli ^e   Ploeger, Angelika ^a   Rembialkowska, Ewa ^g   Schmid, Otto ^h   Strassner, Carola ⁱ   Taupier Letage, Bruno ^j   Zalecka, Aneta ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Assoziation ökologischer Lebensmittelhersteller eV ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Forschungsring für Biologisch Dynamische Wirtschaftsweise e V   (Germany)

^e ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^f Consiglio per la Ricerca La sperimentazione in Agricoltura Centro di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione ^*  (Italy)

^g WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^j Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique   (France)

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Author keywords

Concept; Definition; Food; Organic; Processing; Quality criteria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DAIRYING; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DAIRYING; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84906943659     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6542     Document Type: Article

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