Green Leafy Vegetables: Spinach and Lettuce

Gurbuz Gunes*, Esra Dogu

*Corresponding author for this work

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2 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages705-716
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9780813815411
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2011

Keywords

  • Flow diagram for spinach handling and processing
  • Frozen spinach - spinach frozen to increase shelf life
  • Green leafy vegetables - spinach and lettuce
  • Mineral content of raw lettuce
  • Semisavoyed type spinach, suitable - for fresh market and processing into frozen packs
  • Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) - native to Central Asia
  • Spinach, consumed as fresh or processed - into different forms, frozen, canned or dried
  • Spinach, highly respiring leafy vegetable - relatively short storage life
  • Spinach, sensitive to exogenous ethylene
  • Washing, critical process as pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms - eliminated from product in this step

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