Recommended Fact Sheets from Penn State's Let's Preserve Series.
- Apples
- Cherries
- Jelly, Jam, Spreads
- Peaches
- Pears
- Peppers
- Pickles
- Sauerkraut
- Snap Beans
- Strawberries
- Sweet Corn
- Tomatoes
Recommended Fact Sheets from the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service~
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Evaluating food preservation information found on the World Wide Web is extremely important. Preparing a safe home-canning product requires a laboratory-tested recipe with research based process time. If the recipe posted in not from a credible sources, a product that is hazardous to your health could be the result. Sources listed on this web site are samples of recommended sites and publications of interest.
Selected Recommended Fact Sheets
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Approximate pH of food and Food Products -
- http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-phs.html/ - USFDA, May 2009
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Complete Guide to Home Canning
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Penn State's Resources for Safe Food Preparation:
Let's Preserve Series -
University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Home Gardening, Preservation & Storage
Cost of Preserving and Storing Food
- http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/08704.html -Fact Sheet from Colorado State University, September 2008
Food Preserve Resources
Site includes science-based information on home food preservation, publications and links to other Extension sites
Selected Cooperative Extension Sites
- Food Preservation Links - On the Web: Site compiled by Kansas State University. - Includes commercial, government, and university web sites and printable publications.
- Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Food & Nutrition Online Fact Sheets - Includes publication in HTML or PDF format to print. Look under both Preparation and Preservation for relevant fact sheets.
- University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Science - Click on Publications and Resources Site Contains publications and resources to print from the web or to order.
- Pennsylvania State University, Food Preservation Data Base - Site links to approved recipes, food preservation questions and answers, elevation finder (altitude adjustments for canning safely), kitchen unit conversions, and food safety
- The Food Venture Center, the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, a collaboration between Cornell University and the University of Vermont - Site supports home-based food business.
Selected Commercial Sites
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Alltrista Corporation - Include Ball, Kerr, and Bernardin brands - Site includes canning basics, recipes, online order form, products and newsletter
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Companies that sell ClearJel (chemically modified cornstarch used to thicken pie fillings. Does not break down when canned or baked producing good sauce consistency.)
- http://www.kitchenkrafts.com - click on canning, then click on ingredients
- http://www.kitchenkrafts.com - click on canning, then click on ingredients
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Kraft General Foods
- http://www.kraftfood.com
- http://www.surejell.com
- Site includes recipes and nutritional information
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National Presto Industries, Inc. - Site includes product information, catalog, recipes, parts & services for pressure canners.
- Guide 1: Principles of Home Canning
- Guide 2: Selecting, Preparing, & Canning Fruit &
Fruit Products - Guide 3: Selecting, Preparing, & Canning Tomatoes & Tomato Products
- Guide 4: Selecting, Preparing & Canning Vegetables, & Vegetable Products
- Guide 5: Preparing & Canning Poultry, Red Meats, & Seafood
- Guide 6: Preparing & Canning Fermented Foods & Pickled Vegetables
Recommended Fact Sheets from Oregon State University