scholarly journals Improvement of post-harvest quality of pear fruit with optimized composite edible coating formulations

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 3917-3927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudri K. Dave ◽  
T. V. Ramana Rao ◽  
A. S. Nandane
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e2639108432
Author(s):  
Gabriela Cristina Barion ◽  
Ana Carolina Pelaes Vital ◽  
Paula Toshimi Matumoto-Pintro ◽  
Cássia Inês Lourenzi Franco Rosa

Guava (Psidium guajava) is a highly perishable fruit and is considered as climacteric. Therefore, some alternatives are studied to prolong post-harvest conservation, one of them being the application of edible coatings, which are based on polysaccharides. The objective of this study was to evaluate the post-harvest conservation of uncoated (control – T0) guavas and with edible coating containing 0.5% (T0.5) and 1.0% (T1.0) of konjac glucomannan. The fruits were immersed in the solutions and stored under refrigeration at 4 ° C for analysis at 7 and 15 days of storage. The main parameters evaluated in relation to fruit quality during storage were firmness and color, and with the coating application it was possible to observe a maintenance of these parameters when compared to the control (p <0.05). Besides that, the fruits with coating presented a lower loss of mass. The other parameters evaluated were not influenced by coating addition (p> 0.05), such as pH, acidity, soluble solids, ascorbic acid, luminosity and redness of the peel and color of the pulp. Therefore, coatings made with glucomannan from Konjac may be an alternative to guarantee the quality of fruits during its commercialization, increasing its shelf life.


Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1257
Author(s):  
Alexey Dorokhov ◽  
Alexander Aksenov ◽  
Alexey Sibirev ◽  
Nikolay Sazonov ◽  
Maxim Mosyakov ◽  
...  

The roller and sieve machines most commonly used in Russia for the post-harvest processing of root and tuber crops and onions have a number of disadvantages, the main one being a decrease in the quality of sorting due to the contamination of working bodies, which increases the quantity of losses during sorting and storage. To obtain high-quality competitive production, it is necessary to combine a number of technological operations during the sorting process, such as dividing the material into classes and fractions by quality and size, as well as identifying and removing damaged products. In order to improve the quality of sorting of root tubers and onions by size, it is necessary to ensure the development of an automatic control system for operating and technological parameters, the use of which will eliminate manual sorting on bulkhead tables in post-harvest processing. To fulfill these conditions, the developed automatic control system must have the ability to identify the material on the sorting surface, taking into account external damage and ensuring the automatic removal of impurities. In this study, the highest sorting accuracy of tubers (of more than 91%) was achieved with a forward speed of 1.2 m/s for the conveyor of the sorting table, with damage to 2.2% of the tubers, which meets the agrotechnical requirements for post-harvest processing. This feature distinguishes the developed device from similar ones.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 100114
Author(s):  
Peninah Yumbya ◽  
Jane Ambuko ◽  
Margaret Hutchinson ◽  
Willis Owino ◽  
John Juma ◽  
...  

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1011
Author(s):  
Andi Syahrullah Sulaimana ◽  
Chao-Kai Chang ◽  
Chih-Yao Hou ◽  
Bara Yudhistira ◽  
Fuangfah Punthi ◽  
...  

This study aims to determine the physicochemical quality of seagrape (Caulerpa lentillifera) as a freshness label for products cultivated in different seasons. The applied post-harvest storage experiments compared between, within and without seawater that led to oxidative stress conditions. Water content, malondialdehyde (MDA) compound, total phenolic content (TPC), and chlorophyll content were observed at 0, 3, 6, and 9 days of storage. The storage without seawater showed sharper quality reductions by reaching 20–40% of water loss, 70–90% of MDA production, 15–25% of TPC reduction, and 40–60% of total chlorophyll degradation. The storage within seawater showed lower quality reductions due to the specific growth rates still reaching 5–10%. This study found that the greater the physicochemical quality, the slower the decomposition rates of the stored seagrape during storage. Therefore, the seagrapes’ obvious discoloration occurred earlier in winter, followed by summer and spring. Kinetics of chlorophyll degradation on seagrape in different seasons meet different order-reactions during storage. Furthermore, alternating current electric field (ACEF) treatment with 125 kV/m of intensity for 60 min can lower the spring seagrapes’ physicochemical quality by reaching 10–30% of inhibition, resulting in the shelf-life extension for up to 12 days of post-harvest storage.


Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1374
Author(s):  
Guotian Wang ◽  
Yunpeng Liu ◽  
Huimin Yong ◽  
Shuai Zong ◽  
Changhai Jin ◽  
...  

Pork is perishable due to oxidation and microbial spoilage. Edible coating based on biopolymers and phenolic compounds is an effective way to preserve the quality of pork. In this study, ferulic acid-grafted-CS (ferulic acid-g-CS) with strong antioxidant and antimicrobial activities was synthesized through a carbodiimide-mediated coupling reaction. The obtained ferulic acid-g-CS was used as an edible coating material for fresh pork. The effect of ferulic acid-g-CS coating on the quality of pork during storage was investigated at 4 °C for 8 days. As compared to the uncoated pork, pork coated with CS and ferulic acid-g-CS showed lower total viable counts, total volatile basic nitrogen values, pH values, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and drip losses. Besides, pork coated with CS and ferulic acid-g-CS presented more compact microstructures than the uncoated pork at the eighth day. Sensory evaluation assay showed pork coated with CS and ferulic acid-g-CS had better color, odor, and over acceptance in comparison with the uncoated pork. Ferulic acid-g-CS coating, due to its relatively higher antioxidant and antimicrobial activities compared to CS coating, had a better performance in refrigerated pork preservation. Ferulic acid-g-CS coating effectively extended the shelf life of refrigerated pork to 7 days. This study revealed ferulic acid-g-CS coating was a promising technology for refrigerated pork preservation.


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