Improvement to a solution and a method for treating and preserving vegetables and mushrooms for human consumption, and flowers and plants in general, both suitable and unsuitable for human consumption
The present abstract relates to a patent application to a solution and to a method for treating and preserving vegetables and mushrooms for human consumption, and flowers and plants in general, both suitable and unsuitable for human consumption, pertaining to the field of means for processing fruit, vegetables, mushrooms and the like in their natural, non-processed or minimally processed state, both suitable and unsuitable for human consumption; the solution is an ascorbic acid solution with antioxidant activity in a proportion of 0.2% to 3.0%, and having a pH of 4.0 to 4.7, or is an antioxidant, bactericide and fungicide solution of ascorbic acid in a proportion of 0.2% to 40.0% and having a pH of 4.0 to 7.0, the method being implemented through immersion or spraying.