ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL

Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción

Ingeniería en Alimentos
Procesamiento de frutas y vegetales
Integrante(s): Angie Alvia y Ma Angelica Mera

1.The term "verdura" does not exist in English and is not considered by science or botany.
Actually, it is a colloquial term but the RAE says that a “verdure” is a green vegetable.
Usually grow just below the surface of the ground and produce a fleshy, leafy
shoot above ground. Bulbs usually consist of layers, or clustered segments.
Bulbs
The edible flowers of certain vegetables.

Flowers
Vegetable fruit are fleshy and contain seeds. Usually they are sweet.
Clasification: Berries (grapes and strawberries ), pits (apricots and peaches),
core (apples), citrus (lemos and grapefruits), melons (cantaloupe and
Fruits honeydew) and tropicals (avocados, bananas, mangos and papayas).
When referring to vegetables, fungi are commonly known as mushrooms.
Fungi
The edible leaves of plants.

Leaves
Usually a long or round-shaped taproot.
Roots
(Legumes) apart from sweet corn, seeds grow in pods which are sometimes
eaten along with the seed.
Seeds
The edible stalks of plants when the stalk is the main part of the vegetable.
Stems
Vegetables which grow underground on the root of a plant.

Tubers

2.
Export

Chocho chifle chocolate

Import

Pasta

Vegetables oils

Frozen
Cereal vegetables

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INEN 2736
INEN 405 Also has vitamin K and
potassium
CODEX STAN VITAMIN
297-2009 And 95% of water
A

Good 200 grams of

lettuce cost 60
LEAF LETTUCE with any ctvs
meal

LETTUCE All-in-one healthy snack,

WRAPS with protein and more
SNACK vegetables. Its Keto and
they have a vegan choice

CODEX STAN
52-1981 91 % of water
INEN 2750 Vitamin B9 and C
INEN 2747
Heart health, antioxidant
INEN 1 751:96

Jams
One kilo cost
STRAWBERRIES yogurts
desserts $2
and drinks

It could be marketed as candy,

it is easy to prepare and if the
sugar is replaced by stevia or
erythritol, they would be fits
gummies

INEN 2296
INEN 372 Many B vitamins are
CODEX STAN 255- present, in particular
2007 B6 and folic acid.
CODEX STAN 247-
2005 And 80% of water.
CODEX STAN 296-
2009

Black grape per

GRAPES kilo costs $3.40

Wine is one of the major

processed products of
grapes. Also, we can
converting a good wine to
vinegar.

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