date:Sep 11, 2013
l Research Center in Albany, Calif. Cutting and peeling remove that natural protection, allowing deterioration and spoilage to begin. It's visible within minutes for foods like apples and bananas, but occurs without any outward sign for other fruits and vegetables. Nature is a very good chemist and we are learning from that and sometimes improving on it with new edible coatings that protect the quality and nutritional value of food.
Those coatings consist of a thin layer of edible material appl