date:Jan 23, 2017
ng storage at low temperatures.
Carrots were sliced, blanched, frozen with an air blast and stored at -50C, -30C, -18C and -15C for up to two years.
Tests showed that, while -carotene, -carotene and lutein content remained stable during processing and long-term frozen storage, trans-lycopene content degraded at all storage temperatures. Nonetheless, despite the significant loss of trans-lycopene, carrot slices still had a lycopene content similar to that of some tomato varieties after one yea