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Consumer perception and choice of minimally processed vegetables and packaged fruits
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Although health and nutritional value scored relatively low in terms of importance during the purchasing and consumption stages of minimally processed vegetables, consumers with a high awareness of the relationship between food and health attach significantly more importance to these credence attributes.About:
This article is published in Food Quality and Preference.The article was published on 2004-04-01. It has received 446 citations till now.read more
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Color, Flavor, Texture, and Nutritional Quality of Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables: Desirable Levels, Instrumental and Sensory Measurement, and the Effects of Processing
TL;DR: In this chapter, desirable and undesirable quality attributes of fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products are reviewed and both instrumental and sensory measurements for determining these critical quality attributes are discussed.
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Individual determinants of fish consumption: application of the theory of planned behaviour.
Wim Verbeke,Isabelle Vackier +1 more
TL;DR: Investigation of individual determinants of fish consumption behaviour based on cross-sectional data collected in Belgium shows that determinants as hypothesised by the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and personal characteristics influence fish consumption intention and frequency.
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Fresh fruits and vegetables—An overview on applied methodologies to improve its quality and safety
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of the alternative and traditional methodologies is made, pointing out the significant advantage and limitations of each technique and highlighting some of their challenges and limitations. But, further research is still required, since none of the methods reported can control all the parameters necessary to achieve produce with an extending shelf-life, without compromising its quality.
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Fruits and vegetables, as a source of nutritional compounds and phytochemicals: Changes in bioactive compounds during lactic fermentation.
TL;DR: Interactions between ingested fermented food, intestinal microbiota and their correlations to metabolomics profiles and health represent an important perspective deserving to be further explored.
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Role of microbiological and physiological spoilage mechanisms during storage of minimally processed vegetables
TL;DR: This review evaluates the role of microbiological activity in the development and changes of different sensory quality factors (visual, flavour, and textural quality) of minimally processed vegetables and evaluates the possible interaction with physiological mechanisms, taking into account important preservation techniques such as storage temperature and atmospheric conditions.
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Advertising as Information
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