Green tea has a beneficial role in reducing Alzheimer's

( the researchers fortified dried apple pieces with green tea extract )

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Fortifying dried fruit pieces like apple with green tea extracts may boost the antioxidant content of the finished product by four-fold, suggests a joint study from the US and Italy.

Addition of the green tea extract to dried apple pieces also did not affect the colour of the fortified product, with the green tea compounds potentially preventing undesirable browning, according to new findings published in the Journal of Food Science.
“The novel green tea-apple product would be advantageous for two reasons,” wrote the researchers from the University of Milan and the University of Georgia. “[Firstly,] from an economic point of view, it would provide a greater variety of dehydrated apple products available in the marketplace, and [secondly] from a nutritional perspective, since apple consumption is very high throughout the world, this novel product could offer consumers a simple opportunity for regular consumption.”
According to recent report from Frost & Sullivan, the market for green tea extracts, currently worth around $44m (€29.7m), is expected to grow by more than 13 per cent over the next seven years.
The F&S analysts state that science is the reason for the ingredient's growing popularity, and that it is generally accepted that green tea has a beneficial role in reducing Alzheimer's, certain cancers, cardiovascular and oral health. ... To get more: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Dried-fruit-show-potential-as-green-tea-extract-carriers