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Fruits and Fruit Products

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The distinction between “fruit” and “vegetable” is completely arbitrary. Botanically, a fruit is that portion of a seed plant containing the reproductive bodies (seeds) together with any adhering or supporting structures. In other words, it is the ripened ovary of the plant. Popularly, a fruit is the edible, more or less sweet, pulpy portion of a plant, and the term is so used in this text. Under this definition, rhubarb (the petiole or leaf stem) is considered a fruit, while squash and tomato, technically fruits, are considered vegetables.

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  1. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Boston District, USA

    F. Leslie Hart A.M. (Director)

  2. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn., USA

    Harry Johnstone Fisher Ph.D. (Chemist Emeritus)

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Hart, F.L., Fisher, H.J. (1971). Fruits and Fruit Products. In: Modern Food Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87521-2_11

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