PROCESS FOR PREPARING CASHEW APPLE CRUNCH AND RESULTANT FOOD PRODUCT THEREOF

摘要

Disclosed herein is process for preparing a crunchy cashew apple snack using freshly harvested cashew apples, wherein the flesh of freshly harvested cashew apples is subjected to progressive admixing with predetermined aliquots of water and sugar. Optimum moisture control and thus reduced water activity are achieved to thereby result in a ready-to-consume, nutritious, commercially-viable product free from astringency or undesirable colors and flavors inherent to cashew apples.