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Delicatessen salads and chilled prepared fruit and vegetable products

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Delicatessen salads and prepared fruit and vegetables represent groups of short shelf life products that have shown considerable and steady market growth over the past decade (Young, 1984; Hilliam, 1986; Home, 1989).

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Brocklehurst, T.F. (1994). Delicatessen salads and chilled prepared fruit and vegetable products. In: Man, C.M.D., Jones, A.A. (eds) Shelf Life Evaluation of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2095-5_6

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