foods Review The Perspective of Croatian Old Apple Cultivars in Extensive Farming for the Production of Functional Foods Boris Duralija 1 , Predrag Putnik 2,* , Dora Brdar 3, Anica Bebek Markovinovi´c 3 , Sandra Zavadlav 4 , Mirian Pateiro 5 , Rubén Domínguez 5 , José M. Lorenzo 5,6 and Danijela Bursa´cKovaˇcevi´c 3 1 Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska Cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia;
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[email protected] Abstract: The Republic of Croatia has a long tradition of fruit growing due to its geographical location, climatic conditions, and high quality of fruit crops, especially apple fruits. Apples can be used for the formulation of functional foods either in processed form (e.g., juice), or as a by-product Citation: Duralija, B.; Putnik, P.; (e.g., apple pomace).