PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF PRESERVING BERRIES

Abstract

Lately, the issue of a rational alimentation represented a large debated theme both by the specialists and the rest of the world. Something more, nutrition in the first years of his life leaves its mark on the rest of life, sometimes with irreversible negative consequences. Preservation of food accounted for humanity, along its entire history, a matter of particular importance. People, for living, must eat, but food is not available to them throughout the year, it must be preserved for periods that are missing. Therefore, one of the first occupations that people have had to learn was surplus food preservation.This paper presents some of the most common methods of preserving berries, drying or freezing, and its purpose is to draw attention to the importance and need of fruit for human’s rational nutrition.