[compost_tea] Prepacked fruit lacking in vitamins - report

From: Tradingpost <tradingpost_at_gilanet.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:10:00 -0600

So where does that leave all the heavily processed foods which make up 95% = of the average diet in the U.S. as well as U.K.? 

paul tradingpost_at_gilanet.com
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Prepacked fruit lacking in vitamins - report
http://foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?id=52669= &n=dh161&ec=udzflpstxiinvbc
FoodProductionDaily.com 09/06/2004

An investigation into prepacked fruit and vegetables stocked in UK
supermarkets found that many had vitamin C levels far below normal for
unprepared produce.

The report, published by the UK-based Consumer’s Association in last week= ’s
issue of Which?, notes that supermarkets dominate British fruit and
vegetable supply but that they often place more emphasis on looks than
taste.
Asda sliced runner beans, for example, contained just 11 per cent of the textbook level of vitamin C, and Marks & Spencer's fresh mango containe= d
just 42 per cent.

Malcolm Coles, editor of Which?, said: “Supermarkets should give shoppers=
more information about where their food comes from, how it's been prepared<= BR> and how nutritious it is.” The report offers further evidence that the British public may not be getting adequate vitamin intake through their
daily diets. It claims that nutrition is not a priority for many
supermarkets, pointing to research that found vitamin C levels in some
pre-sliced and packaged supermarket fruit and vegetables were far below
normal levels for unprepared produce.

The UK's food authority says that adults need 40mg of vitamin C daily
although some research suggests that higher amounts can offer important
protection against disease such as cancers.

But vitamin levels in fresh fruit decrease after they are picked, and
particularly after they have been cut and exposed to air or sunlight. Much<= BR> of the peeling and chopping of ready-prepared produce is now done abroad an= d
the food then undergoes a long journey before reaching British supermarket<= BR> shelves.



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