CONVENIENCE AND HEALTH FOODS 3 (1+2)

Lesson 10 : Fruit And Vegetable Based Convenience Foods

Minimally processed vegetables

Meaning: The minimal processing involves sanitation, wash, conditioning of tissue, followed by packing in flexible pouches.

• The technology helps global marketing of precut vegetables and fruits.
• The products are meant for specific end use viz curries, salads, pies, stuffing, topping and garnishing.
• It eliminates the kitchen drudgery and with convenience and restriction in transportation cost.
• The products show shelf life of 10-14 days under ambient conditions and 6-8 weeks at refrigeration temperature.

Advantages:

• The technology involves less capital investment with low energy consumption.
• Less requirement of technical man power makes it suitable for rural based industries.