Fruits and vegetables, which are among the perishable commodities, important ingredients in the human dietaries. Due to their high nutritive value they make significant nutritional contribution to human well-being. They are the cheaper and better source, the protec ...

India has made lot of progress in agriculture & food sectors since independence in terms of growth in output, yields and processing. It has gone through a green revolution, a white revolution, a yellow revolution and a blue revolution. The retort processed food ...

Value addition in Fruits and Vegetables Production, Processing, Dehydration, Canning and Preservation  (Tomato Concentrate & Ketchup, Dehydrated Garlic Powder, Banana & Its By-products, Jam, Jelly, Chutney, Pickles & Squashes, Semi Processed Canned ...

The food processing industry has been slated for accelerated growth. It is projected to be a futuristic industry and it is anticipated that, over the years, it will emerge as a leading player in the global markets. As a result, the industry is seen to be witnessing ...

Fermentation is one of the oldest methods of processing food into a form that is suitable for preservation. Fermentation of foods is the controlled action of microorganisms to alter the texture of food, to preserve (by the production of acids and alcohols) and to p ...

Citrus essential oils are probably the least talked about of all essential oils. Yet when we consider that one of the key components in these oils is an antioxidant known as limonene, then they ought be widely discussed. Citrus oils also help to neutralise acid in ...

Plant spices grown in tropical countries on small scale family farms of commercial farms, to provide foods for human or live stock, in dry or humid regions are highly abundant and taxonomically diversified. Vegetables comprise of a large number of plants, mostly annual, of which different part ...

The Mega Food Park is an inclusive concept which is aimed at establishing direct linkages from the farm to processing and on to the consumer markets, through a network of collection centres and Primary Processing Centres, so as to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasin ...

Food processing is the transformation of raw ingredients into food, or of food into other forms. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life food products. Benefits of food proces ...

Onion is one of the most important commercial vegetable crops grown in India. Both immature and mature bulbs are used as vegetable and condiment. It contains vitamin B and a trace of vitamin C and also traces of iron and calcium. The outstanding characteristic of onion is its pungency, which i ...