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Article: Getting good marks: grilled vegetables are value-added ingredients that, when formulated into convenience meals, enhance their flavor, appearance and mouthfeel. The addition of these vegetables also manifests manufacturers' dedication to superior, quality cuisine.(ingredient challenges)
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- Prepared Foods
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- November 1, 2004
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Grilled vegetables convey several flavor profiles, depending on the cooking method. Most top-quality frozen convenience meals and entrees with grilled vegetables have vibrant colors and distinct grill marks. There are some that may have apparent grilled flavor, without grill marks.
"If grilled vegetables are the selling point on your label, using a process that [physically] marks into the grilled vegetable is very important for [appearance]," says Allison Rittman, corporate chef for Charlie Baggs Inc. (Chicago), a foodservice consulting company.
Some companies apply coloring that appears as grill marks onto their products. However, strenuous processing ...