Reports on the Processing of Exotic Fruits

This book presents exotic fruit processing as a way to obtaining traditional and innovative fruit products by means of various food processing technologies. Built on the basis of specific, up-to-date and reliable scientific reports, it is a unique document for instructing researchers, processors and enthusiasts in the field of exotic fruit processing.

Autorentext

Felipe Richter Reis is a Food Science professor and researcher at IFPR in Brazil. Currently, he is researching structured fruit, a relatively recent fruit product which is very suitable for broadening the market of unexplored exotic fruits.

Inhalt

1. Introduction;1.1 Exotic fruits: agricultural, botanical and commercial aspects;1.2 Selected reports on the chemical characterization of exotic fruits;2. Traditional Exotic Fruit-Based Products;2.1 Reports on beverage processing;2.2 Reports on jam and jelly processing;2.3 Reports on candy processing;2.4 Reports on other traditional products processing ;3. Innovative Exotic Fruit-Based Products;3.1 Reports on structured fruit processing;3.2 Reports on fruit leather processing;3.3 Reports on other innovative products processing