Advantages of high glucosinolare levels

摘要

'Convenient and healthy' is what consumers want nowadays and largeprocessors are capitalising on products which fit this image. It'sbecoming more obvious that cabbage growers also have a productthat's worth its weight in gold and they are doing all they can tostrengthen their position. If messages in the media are to be believed, thefuture health of mankind greatly depends on theconsumption of fruits and vegetables. Fibres keepthe digestion going, and all the nutrition in fresh produce helps to prevent all kinds of diseases. The food manufacturers are diving into a sea of opportunities: fruit puree in a jazzy bottle, all the goodness from broccoli contained in a handy little pill. And consumers seem to be willing to pay good money for it. Matthijs Dekker prefers to take a more objective view of the matter. As a researcher at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, he examines the properties of healthimproving nutrients in fruits and vegetables.