The fresh-cut fruit and vegetables industry current situation and market trends

Advances in Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rojas Graü, M Alejandra ^a   Garner, Edward ^b   Martín Belloso, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Kantar Worldpanel   (United Kingdom)

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