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Dried fruits : phytochemicals and health effects / edited by Cesarettin Alasalvar, Fereidoon Shahidi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Hui: Food Science and Technology
- Functional food science and technology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dried fruit--Health aspects.
- Dried fruit.
- Phytochemicals--Health aspects.
- Phytochemicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (510 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dried fruits serve as important healthful snack items around the world. They provide a concentrated form of fresh fruits, prepared by different drying techniques. With their unique combination of taste/aroma, essential nutrients, fibre, and phytochemicals or bioactive compounds, dried fruits are convenient for healthy eating and can bridge the gap between recommended intake of fruits and actual consumption. Dried fruits are nutritionally equivalent to fresh fruits, in smaller serving sizes, in the current dietary recommendations of various countries. Scientific evidence suggests that indivi
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Dried berries
- pt. 2. Nontropical dried fruits
- pt. 3. Tropical dried fruits.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-118-46466-4
- 1-283-91552-9
- 1-118-46465-6
- OCLC:
- 823389917
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