CONTENTS:- 1. Introduction to fruits and fruit products. 2. Introduction to vegetables and vegetables products. 3. Food processing, processed fruits and vegetables and food wastes. 4. Food safety, food quality and food packaging. 5. Trends in fruit and vegetable products: roles and benefits of fermentation. 6. Organic food and farming: importance of product certification and farm assurance.
DESCRIPTION
This book titled, Fruit and Vegetable Products provides readers with an introduction to fruits and fruit products with focus on fruit sweeteners, fruitarianism and post-harvest losses. An introduction to vegetables and vegetables products is also given with focus on dried vegetables, concentrates, powders, purees and vegetarianism. Issues related to food processing, processed fruits and vegetables, and food wastes are covered with select case studies. Focus also lies on food safety, food quality and food packaging. Recent consumer trends in fruit and vegetable products are discussed with focus on roles and benefits of fermentation. Importance of product certification and farm assurance with respect to organic food and farming is analyzed.