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Table 5 —Effect of vacuum-cooling on weight losses of vegetables 









Duration 



of 





Commodity 



Contaii 



ler 



vacuum c; 



fde 



Weight loss 









Minutes 





Percent 



Celery 1/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



30 





2o7 



Cranberries 2/ 



Cellophane 



bag or tray 



20 





3/ 1.0 



Coleslaw k/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



18 





2.0 



Lettuce 3>/ 



None 





8 





3.1* 



Lettuce 5/ 



None 





15 





iw7 



Salad mix 1/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



30 





3o2 



Salad mix h/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



18 





2.6 



Soup mix 1/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



30 





2.2 



Spinach 1/ 



Cellophane 



bag 



30 





3.2 



1/ Data from Barger (l)<> 



2/ Data from Hruschka and Kaufman 195>U« 



3/ Cranberries cooled only 6 degrees© 



U/ Data from Friedman (9)« 



$/ Data from Dewey (5)o 



