Fruit and Vegetable Safety-Microbiological Considerations

Microbiological safety of street vended fruit chats in Patiala city.

Street-vended foods are appreciated for their unique flavours and convenience, as well as for maintaining the nutritional status of the population. They also assure food security for low–income urban population and livelihood for a significant proportion of the population in many developing countries. In spite of these potential benefits, street foods have been reported to be contaminated with ...

Fruit and Vegetable Flavor

Introduction: The quality of fresh produce has traditionally been based on external characteristics of size, color, and absence of surface defects. Fruit and vegetable breeders selected for color, size, disease resistance, yield and other easily quantified horticultural traits. Because flavor and texture characteristics were not a part of the selection process, improvements in these quality att...

Fruit and vegetable consumption.

OBJECTIVES This article focuses on associations between the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption and other health-related behaviours or conditions, including physical activity, smoking, obesity and alcohol-dependence. DATA SOURCE The data are from the first half of cycle 1.1 of the Canadian Community Health Survey, collected from September 2000 through February 2001. ANALYTICAL TECH...

Low fruit and vegetable consumption

This analysis assessed the levels of mean dietary intakes of fruit and vegetables (excluding potatoes) measured in grams per day. The theoreticalminimum-risk distribution for fruit and vegetable intake was estimated to be 600g/day in adults, 480g/day in children aged 5–14 years, and 330g/day in children aged 0–4 years. It is proposed to use set intervals of 80g/day of fruit and vegetables (equi...

The Role of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Mental Health