The Use of Vacuum Impregnation Technology for Development of Functional Fruit and Vegetable Products ABSTRACTVacuum impregnation is a unit operation where a mass transfer occurs between a liquid phase and a capillary of foods with a porous structure, like fruits and vegetables. In vacuum impregnation, a couple of processes take place explained by 'hydrodynamic mechanism' and 'deformation-relaxation phenomena' and during the processes, gas outlet from capillaries and liquid inlet from impregnation solution to capillaries are observed by swelling or shrinking of capillaries due to a pressure difference. Vacuum impregnation, however, previously developed to fasten the osmotic dehydration process, has become a popular method to enrich fruit and vegetable tissues with functional substances. Vacuum impregnation is described as a useful technique to transfer mineral, vitamin, phenolic compound, antimicrobial, anti-browning compounds, enzyme, etc. into fruit and vegetable tissues. In this review, the application of vacuum impregnation, hydrodynamic mechanism and deformation-relaxation phenomena, factors affecting process parameters and its use for the development of functional fruit and vegetable products are summarized by presenting results of the latest studies.