Which of the following is correct with respect to carotenes?
(a) Carotenes are converted to vitamin A in the body
(b) Even though conversion of carotene to vitamin A takes place inside the body, some amount of storage loss takes place
(c) Blanching of plant tissues improves the storage stability of carotenes
(d) All of the mentioned
The question was posed to me in examination.
Origin of the question is Principles of Food Freezing-2 in section Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering