Ten things you should know about frozen vegetables... that could save your life! 1. Frozen vegetables aren’t actually vegetables at all. Nope. They are, in fact, mostly starch and water. 2. Frozen vegetables contain very little nutrition. One cup of frozen corn contains only...

Dehydrated fruits are great if you're going on a trip but not so much if you need to take them on a long journey. If you don't mind carrying around those bulky fruit bags, you can make them last longer by storing them in the fridge. But, if you don't have time to store them th...

Food is one of the essential requirements of living beings for their existence. With the increase in population, the food requirement also increases. Garlic dehydration Produced food needs to be conserved by reducing the various post-harvest losses to meet the food requirement...

Radio frequency-assisted hot air drying (RF-HAD) was carried out to produce carrot powders. Effect of electrode gap, sample thickness and sample weight on RF-HAD efficiency was investigated. 90 mm of electrode gap, 2.5 cm of sample thickness and 600 g of sample weight were sel...

The tomato is the third most commonly consumed vegetable in the world and a key component of many world cuisines. The tomato is widely grown for its fresh market and processed market.dehydrated tomato powder Tomato products have many uses in the food industry, including sauce...

This chapter discusses tunnel dehydrators, as used to dehydrate certain fruits and vegetables. It provides a general introduction to the subject, primarily for the use of students, food technologists, and engineers. Tunnel dehydrators, as a class, are frequently called tunnel-...

An interesting article in “Nutrition Today” says that antioxidants play an important role in maintaining good health. But many people are surprised to learn that frozen fruits and vegetables contain more antioxidants than fresh fruits and vegetables. That’s because when fruit ...

Increases in the total consumption of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. have slowed in recent years. This decline is attributed to a variety of factors, including the development of a “frozen food mentality” in American consumers, the proliferation of convenience foods and the...

Food choices in adolescence usually track into adulthood and are determinants of health outcome later in life. Efforts to promote vegetables consumption (as marker of healthy eating) have been implemented with limited success. Vegetables furthermore are perishable, but shelf-l...

This two-year study compared the status of targeted nutrients in selected fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. In addition, a novel third category was examined—a “fresh-stored” categorization intended to mimic typical consumer storage patterns of produce following purchase....