Preservative treatments for fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables: Science, Technology, and Market

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 267-303

  Garcia, Elisabeth ^a   Barrett, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FRUITS; VEGETABLES;

FRESH-CUT FRUITS; MICROBIAL SPOILAGE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT PRODUCTS; PRESERVATIVE TREATMENTS; PRODUCT APPEARANCE; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; TEXTURAL CHANGES;

SPOILAGE;

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