As a result of socioeconomic changes affecting consumer and agribusiness organizations,
the concept of food quality is continuously evolving, even in the same
region or country, not to mention the big differences between countries with different
climatic conditions and levels of industrial development. Thus, the term quality
encapsulates something different for various stakeholders in the food supply chain,
including growers, distributors, marketers and consumers. From the perspective of
the processed food industry that manufacture items from raw agricultural produce,
there are two most important requirements: (a) is the produce (raw material) suitable