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Honey: the new mantra for mango preservation [1]

Pune: Pune-Based entrepreneur Rajiv Devkar seems to have hit the jackpot in his quest to preserve mangoes without the use of cold storage facilities. Devkar experimented with honey, a natural preservative as an alternative, putting two alphonso mangoes in a jar of honey in May and found them well-preserved in December.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Horticulture [4], Honey [5], Food Preservation [6], Mango [7], Maharashtra [8], Pune (D) [9]
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