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Fruit and Vegetable Edible Wraps: Application to Partially Dehydrated Apple Pieces

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Abstract

With 96 million Americans now over the age of 45 and 113 million projected by 2010, health foods may be one of the largest, most lucrative markets of all time (Sloan, 2001). During the past five years Americans have moved towards positive eating, not just avoiding negative macro ingredients such as fat, but ensuring the inclusion of positive ingredients such as fruits and vegetables. Nearly seven in ten consumers say they are trying to eat more fruits and vegetables (FMI, 2000). DISCLAIMER: Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable

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Moisture Loss Edible Film Texture Profile Analysis Edible Coating Relative Humidity Condition 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute for Agricultural Products Technology (IVTPA)MilanoItaly
  2. 2.Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research CenterUSDAAlbanyCAItaly

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