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The skinny onapple polyphenols
Apple skin polyphenols incorporated in edible films were highly effective at inhibiting the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in a concentration-dependent manner, with a minimum concentration of 1.5% needed, according to researchers with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the University of California, Davis.

The researchers measured the antimicrobial effects of the films made from apple puree and with apple skin polyphenols [at concentra…