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Pickers can be choosers.(Fresh-Fruit Rating.)
Nutrition Action Healthletter
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June 1, 2003|
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Sometimes they look so tempting. The beautifully shaded, perfectly round peach. The smooth, unblemished pear. The shiny, deep-purple plum.
Until you take a bite.
One mouthful of mushy, mealy, flavorless, dry, or rotten fruit and you swear you'll never buy another one.
A sizeable body of research suggests that fruit may help reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, and cancer. With fruit prices not always so cheap, it's annoying to have it end up in the wastebasket. That's why we've put together a clear, concise guide to picking and storing fruit ...
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Anastrepha edentata and other fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) detected on Key Largo, Florida.(Scientific Notes)(Report)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist
; ...introduced Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Caribbean fruit fly), plus three other Anastrepha species...through bait trapping and rearing from fruit collections in Dagny Johnson Key Largo...Largo, Florida, during 1994-1996. Some fruit samples were also taken from Long Key State...
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Fruit and vegetables in the limelight.
Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest
; ...out may have significant effects on the fruit and vegetable industries. The industries...the nutritional benefits from consuming fruit and vegetables, the produce industry is...the health and well-being of consumers. Fruit and vegetable growers are closely following...
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The European Market for Fruit and Vegetables.
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review
; The EUROPEAN MARKET for FRUIT and VEGETABLES by Lynn Hinton. 212 pages...various strategies. Although production of fruit and vegetables in the EEC may not strike...An introduction to European trade in fruit and vegetables; The EEC fruit and vegetable...
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BRAZIL: FRUIT TO HAVE INNOVATIVE EVENT IN S?O PAULO.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; According to ANBA: The Brazilian Fruit Institute (Ibraf), in partnership with trade fair promotion...launched yesterday (10), in the city of S?o Paulo, the Fruit & Log, International Fair of Fruit and Fruit Products, Processing and Logistics Technology...
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 "Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)")
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City is at bottom of fruit and veg league.
Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
; FRUIT and vegetable intake in Sunderland is among the lowest in...was revealed today. The city has the third worst level of fruit and veg consumption in England and Wales, according to a...city bought an average of 1.94 portions of fresh or dried fruit and vegetables each per day, well below the national ...
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Fantastic fruit. (nutritional analysis of fruits)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter
; ...think it were cod liver oil. Eating more fruit--ideally a total of four or five servings...cold here. Yet the slight upward nudge in fruit consumption is barely detectable. Maybe...Maybe it's too tough to get good fresh fruit at restaurants, snack bars, or the office...
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ERS: uneven effects from lifting fruit, vegetable restrictions.
Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly
; ...for payments restricts production of fruit and vegetables. According to USDA's Economic...crops, such as corn or soybeans, and into fruit and vegetables which could lead to a significant decline in prices for fruit and vegetables. ERS recently published...
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Sinclair launches bench top fruit tester.(plant & equipment)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review
; ...top version of its successful on-line fruit firmness testing system. The Sinclair iQ Bench Top unit is a portable fruit firmness testing device. The compact...non-destructive on-line system used by fruit distributors and packhouses worldwide...
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Evaluation of a fruit and vegetable distribution program--Mississippi, 2004-05 school year.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; Although diets high in fruit and vegetables are associated with decreased...many chronic diseases (1), consumption of fruit and vegetables among children is below...Program initiated the Mississippi Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program. The program...
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Fruit and vegetables: their importance in the American diet.
Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest
; Fruit and vegetables play an important role in the American diet...high in dietary fiber and complex carbohydrates. Encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption is a major emphasis of the Federal...guides from USDA have urged Americans to include plenty of fruit and vegetables in their daily diet. Yet ...
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