METHOD AND COMPOSITION

• Main Author: DODD JEFFREY IAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 17.07.2014
• Subjects: CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

There is described a method of preserving leafy vegetables which comprises treating the leafy vegetables with a processing aid composition, said processing aid composition comprising from about 0.01% w/w to 5% w/w salicylic acid; or a salt or ester thereof.