MARKET FORMS

OF VEGETABLES

TLE - Cookery 10
 MARKET FORMS OF VEGETABLES

Fresh Dried Frozen Canned

FRESH VEGETABLES

Fresh vegetables are those that have undergone

little or no processing from the time they were
harvested to the time they were marketed or sold.
This also means that they remain in the same state
from the time they were harvested. Fresh vegetables
are often referred to as produce and are normally
sold in the market, grocery stores, supermarkets,
roadside stalls, farmer’s market and vegetable farms.
DRIED VEGETABLES

THESE ARE VEGETABLES THAT ARE DRIED

OR DEHYDRATED TO PRESERVE AND
PROLONG THEIR SHELF LIFE. THE
PROCESS IS DONE BY REMOVING WATER
FROM VEGETABLES AND OBSTRUCTING
THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA, YEASTS, AND
MOLDS THAT CAN STIMULATE SPOILAGE
AND ROTTING OF VEGETABLES. METHODS
OF DRYING VEGETABLES ARE FREEZE-
DRYING, DRUM DRYING, AND SUN
DRYING.
 Frozen Vegetables
THE FORMS OF VEGETABLES THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY PACKED IN PLASTIC
BAGS OR CARDBOARD BOXES. NATURALLY, THESE ARE FROZEN WITHIN
HOURS OF HARVEST, BUT UNDERGO SEVERAL STEPS TO WARRANT THAT
THEIR QUALITY IS PRESERVED BEFORE THE ACTUAL FREEZING PROCESS.

A. THEY ARE WASHED THOROUGHLY TO REMOVE ANY DIRT, DEBRIS AND THE
CHEMICALS THAT HAVE BEEN USED.

B. THEY ARE OFTEN BLANCHED OR COOKED QUICKLY IN A BOILING WATER, AND

THEN SHOCKED IN ICE WATER TO STOP THE COOKING PROCESS.

C. THE VEGETABLES ARE SORTED AND INSPECTED, SO AS TO GET RID OF ANY

VEGETABLES THAT ARE NOT FIT FOR CONSUMPTION.

D. THEY ARE PACKAGED AND SHIPPED OFF TO WHOLESALERS AND

DISTRIBUTORS, TO SUPERMARKETS AND GROCERY STORES.
CANNED VEGETABLES

This is the form of vegetables where

vegetables are preserved. Like
freezing and drying, it helps make
vegetables last longer. It makes
cooking with vegetables easier and
more convenient.
 PRESENT
BY:
Rita Mae Dinsay
COOKERY