| Description |
1 online resource (x, 88 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Springer briefs in food, health and nutrition |
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SpringerBriefs in food, health, and nutrition.
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| Contents |
1. Chemical and microbiological parameters affecting shelf life -- 2. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) -- 3. Temperature -- 4. Gas Composition -- 5. Nature of the Product -- 6. Packaging Film -- 7. MAP Application on Vegetables |
| Summary |
This Brief critically reviews the applied techniques in all the studied vegetables and summarizes the effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) in all the quality parameters. In a brief introduction chemical and microbiological parameters that affect shelf life are mentioned, followed by a definition of modified atmosphere packaging. The referred vegetables are categorized into 10 categories: roots, tubers, leafy vegetables, fruits-vegetables, bulbs, stems and shoots, flowers, seeds, fungi and other. The effect of selected MAP applications on the shelf life of the vegetables is also highli |
| Analysis |
chemie |
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chemistry |
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voedselwetenschappen |
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food sciences |
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Chemistry (General) |
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Chemie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 3, 2014) |
| Subject |
Vegetables -- Packaging.
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Protective atmospheres.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Protective atmospheres
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Vegetables -- Packaging
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bouletis, Achilleas, author
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Ntionias, Dimitrios, author
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| ISBN |
9783319102320 |
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331910232X |
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3319102311 |
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9783319102313 |
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