scholarly journals Shelf Life and Quality of Guava cv. Kazi as Affected by Stages of Ripening, Storage Temperature and Wrapping Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
F Islam ◽  
A Islam ◽  
MAZ Al Munsur ◽  
MA Rahim

The experiment was conducted to study the shelf life and quality as affected by different stages of ripening, storage temperature as well as wrapping materials fruits of guava cv. Kazi. All the studied parameters except marketability increased for a certain storage period and then declined due to the effect of stages of ripening and wrapping materials (perforated and non perforated white and black polythene bag), while in case of storage temperature, there was gradual increase of physiological weight loss, sugar content (reducing, non-reducing and total sugar) and TSS content. Marketability decreased markedly with the advancement of storage period. All stages of ripening and all wrapping materials were able to keep fruits in marketable condition for 36 days of storage period. But fruits were in better marketable condition when harvested at stage 3 (ripe, yellowish green in colour and crispy pulp) or wrapped with black non-perforated polythene. 5ºC storage temperature, was able to retain more percentage of fruits in marketable condition with longer storage duration. In case of treatment combinations, fruits harvested at stage 3, stored at 5ºC temperature with black non-perforated polythene had the highest physiological weight loss, sugar content (reducing, non-reducing and total sugar) and TSS content while stage1 fruits stored at 20ºC with no wrapping (control) had the lowest.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i2.16906 Progress. Agric. 19(2): 1 - 12, 2008

Author(s):  
Mai Sao Dam ◽  
Vuong Duc Nguyen ◽  
Tamás Zsom ◽  
Lien Le Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Géza Hitka

AbstractThe effect of storage temperature and ozone treatment on the post-harvest quality of cucumber and tomato was investigated. Cucumber and tomato were stored together with or without gaseous ozone treatment at 20 °C and 14 °C for 16 days. Firmness, color, weight loss, DA index and decay percentage of samples were evaluated during storage period. The results showed that the combination of ozone treatment and cold storage could maintain the quality of these horticultural products and decreased the decay incidence. Additionally, this combination also reduced the weight loss of samples during storage. Furthermore, ozone treatment maintained the green skin color of cucumber. No sign of chilling injury occurred during storage at 14 °C. Commodities stored with approximately 0.1 ppm gaseous ozone at 14 °C retained the firmness compared to other treatments until the end of the experiment. This study suggests a promising use of gaseous ozone treatment in storage chamber where ethylene-producing and ethylene-sensitive vegetables are stored together.


Horticulturae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Mai Al-Dairi ◽  
Pankaj B. Pathare ◽  
Rashid Al-Yahyai

Transport duration affects the vibration level generated which has adverse effects on fresh produce during transportation. Furthermore, temperature affects the quality of fresh commodities during storage. This study evaluated physical changes in tomatoes during transportation and storage. Tomatoes were transported at three distances (100, 154, and 205 km) from a local farm and delivered to the Postharvest Laboratory where vibration acceleration was recorded per distance. Tomato was stored at two different temperatures (10 °C and 22 °C) for 12 days. The physical qualities like weight loss and firmness of all tomato samples were evaluated. RGB image acquisition system was used to assess the color change of tomato. The results of vibration showed that over 40% of accelerations occurred in the range of 0.82–1.31 cm/s2 of all transport distances. Physical quality analyses like weight loss and firmness were highly affected by transportation distance, storage temperature, and storage period. The reduction in weight loss and firmness was the highest in tomatoes transported from the farthest distance and stored at 22 °C. Lightness, yellowness, and hue values showed a high reduction as transport distance increased particularly in tomatoes stored at 22 °C. Redness, total color difference, and color indices increased significantly on tomatoes transported from 205 km and stored at 10 °C and 22 °C. The study indicated that the increase in transportation distance and storage temperature cause higher changes in the physical qualities of tomatoes.


Food Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Sakinah M.J. ◽  
A. Misran ◽  
T.M.M. Mahmud ◽  
S. Abdullah ◽  
M. Azhar

Volvariella volvacea is an edible mushroom, highly perishable and has a very short shelf life (1-2 days) at room temperature (RT). This research was conducted to determine the postharvest qualities at different storage temperatures (10, 15ºC, and RT) and storage durations (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days) in perforated polyethylene (PE) films. V. volvacea stored at 15°C showed lower weight loss, no veil opening and retained higher firmness. Thus, the mushrooms were expanded to examine the optimum packaging systems (perforation, PVC film wrap, vacuum and control) applied to V. volvacea for 0-8 d at 15ºC. PVC film was shown to maintain higher firmness, lower weight loss, browning degree, and PPO enzyme activity compared to other packaging. Minor damages and ultrastructure tissue shrivelling were seen in PVC film packaging. Overall, V. volvacea was best stored at 15°C in PVC film to retain their quality and extend its shelf life.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3(62)) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Olga Samokhvalova ◽  
Kateryna Kasabova ◽  
Nataliа Shmatchenko

The object of research is the technology of jelly-fruit marmalade with the addition of multicomponent fruit and berry paste from apples, quince and black currant. Marmalade products are in demand due to their attractive appearance, excellent taste, aroma and good absorption by the body. This delicacy is characterized by the absence of fat, high sugar content and the presence of functionally physiological ingredients. Due to the growing interest of consumers in products of increased nutritional value, the technology of jelly-fruit marmalade with the addition of multicomponent fruit and berry paste from apples, quince and black currant has been improved. New confectionery products must first of all be safe for human health, therefore, organoleptic, physicochemical and microbiological indicators of the quality of marmalade were determined during storage. In terms of organoleptic quality indicators, both control and experimental marmalade samples have high quality indicators during the shelf life. The storage duration affects the consistency of the marmalade, which becomes protracted after 3 months of storage and contributes to a decrease in the color saturation of all samples. The loss of the mass fraction of moisture in the control sample of marmalade up to 6.1 % and the sample with fruit and berry paste – up to 5.0 %, an increase in acid accumulation by 4.0–20.6 % for the control and by 4.0–20 % for the sample marmalade with pasta. It is noted that the content of reducing substances increases in the control sample by 18.0–50.0 %, which is 11.8–15.0 %, and in the sample with the addition of paste – by 10.8–36.9 %, which is 12.3–15.2 %. The data obtained is admissible and meets the established quality requirements in accordance with the requirements of regulatory documents. Microbiological quality indicators have been determined and it has been established that new samples of marmalade with multicomponent paste, both freshly prepared and after a guaranteed shelf life, comply with the standards of all current requirements for the quality of food products. The safety of jellied fruit marmalade on agar with the addition of multicomponent fruit and berry paste from apples, quince and black currant has been proven during the guaranteed shelf life of 3 months.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e4110615446
Author(s):  
Edson Pablo da Silva ◽  
Flavio Augusto de Freitas ◽  
Elizângela Elena Nunes Carvalho ◽  
Luis Carlos Cunha Junior ◽  
Marcia Santos Lira de Freitas ◽  
...  

The adequacy of the best storage temperature for fruits and vegetables is an essential measure that helps in maintaining quality and extending shelf life. In this sense, this work aimed to study the influence of temperature on the quality of the marolo (Annona crassiflora Mart) “in natura”, where the fruits were washed, sanitized with 1,216 µM hypochlorite solution, and stored at 4 different temperatures (0, 6, 12, and 20 ° C) controlling the relative humidity (80 to 90%). The parameters color L*a*b*, pH, titratable acidity, soluble solids, firmness, total and soluble pectins, enzymes (pectinamethylesterase and polygalacturonase), and vitamin C were analyzed at different storage times. The maximum storage period was 8 days for fruits kept at 0 and 6 °C. The use of higher temperatures (12 and 20 °C) resulted in a shorter storage time (6 and 4 days, respectively). We found that the color parameter L*a*b* was not influenced by time and temperature during the process, while firmness and soluble solids were affected only by temperature. On the other hand, the parameters pH, titratable acidity, total and soluble pectin, enzymes (pectinamethylesterase and polygalacturonase), and vitamin C were influenced by both temperature and storage time (p <0.05). Thus, we prove that to increase shelf life and maintain the best characteristics for consumption, the marolo must be stored between 0 and 6 °C.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saadet Koc Guler ◽  
Orhan Karakaya ◽  
Medeni Karakaya ◽  
Burhan Ozturk ◽  
Erdal Aglar ◽  
...  

The effects of combined aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) treatments on quality attributes of ‘0900 Ziraat’ sweet cherry fruit during the cold storage and shelf life were investigated in this study. Significantly lower weight loss and decay ratios were observed in all treatments throughout the cold storage period as compared to the control. A similar case was also observed referring to the shelf life. MAP treatments were found to be more effective in retarding the weight loss and decay ratio. Higher hue angle values were measured from AVG-treated fruit at harvest. Similarly, hue angle of AVG and MAP-treated fruit were also higher than for the control in all periods of cold storage and on the 7th and 21st day of shelf life. AVG-treated fruit had higher firmness values than the control at harvest. However, higher firmness values were measured from MAP-treated fruit during the cold storage and shelf life. At the end of cold storage, lower SSC and higher titratable acidity values were observed in AVG and MAP-treated fruit than in the control. AVG + MAP treatments yielded significantly higher vitamin C, total phenolics and antioxidant activity values than the control. Contrarily, the control fruit had significantly higher total monomeric anthocyanin than the other treatments. Based on current findings, it was concluded that combined AVG + MAP treatments could be used as a beneficial tool to maintain the quality of sweet cherry fruit throughout the cold storage and shelf life.


2013 ◽  
pp. 463-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Schnepel ◽  
Christa Hoffmann

During storage, the invert sugar content of sugar beets increases with increasing storage period and storage temperature, thereby decreasing the processing quality of the beets substantially. Invert sugar results from the enzymatic degradation of sucrose to glucose and fructose. The current methods to determine invert sugar in sugar beets have a low sample frequency and are very expensive and are therefore not implemented in the routine analyses of sugar factories. The content of invert sugar could be calculated based on the glucose content. This requires a constant ratio of glucose to fructose in freshly harvested sugar beets as well as in sugar beets stored under different conditions. The objective of the present study was thus I) to analyse the glucose to fructose ratio of freshly harvested beets and of beets stored under different conditions, and II) to develop a formula to estimate the invert sugar content based on the glucose content of sugar beets. The ratio of glucose to fructose in freshly harvested beets and beets stored under different conditions was quite similar. A close linear relationship between glucose and invert sugar content in freshly harvested and stored beets was found. By using the regression function, the invert sugar content of an independent dataset was calculated based on the glucose content. The estimated invert sugar content was closely correlated with the invert sugar content measured by HPLC. The invert sugar content in freshly harvested and stored sugar beets can thus be calculated with the formula developed in this study. This would considerably improve the quality assessment of sugar beets once the new method to measure the glucose content becomes implemented in the routine analysis in sugar factories.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Vignesh ◽  
Bindu R Nair

The development and use of novel formulations as edible coatings on fruits and vegetables has been a subject of intensive agro based research. The multifunctional and eco-friendly attributes of these coatings give added value to the final product. The present study focuses on the potential application of a novel coating suspension to extend the shelf life of whole tomato fruits. The film forming suspensions were made from Hibiscus rosa-sinensis mucilage with various concentrations of gelatin, chitosan, cassava starch. Tomatoes were coated with already standardized suspensions. Shelf-life was evaluated using parameters such as changes in weight loss, pH, appearance and sensorial analyses. Mucilage-based coatings significantly reduced the harvested fruit weight loss and maintained the general appearance and hence acceptability during the storage period in comparison to non-mucilage based coatings and uncoated ones. Thus, mucilage-based coatings appeared more useful than the non-mucilage-based coatings in extending the tomato shelf-life by providing an ideal microenvironment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Maulida Hayuningtyas ◽  
Christina Winarti ◽  
Sari Intan Kailaku ◽  
Hoerudin Hoerudin

<p>Hen egg is the most consumed animal food due to its high nutritional content, affordable and easy to obtain. However, eggs have the disadvantage for their short shelf life of about 7 days at room temperature. An effort to extend the shelf life of eggs including storing at low temperatures and/or coating. The research objective was to determine changes in the physical quality and morphology of chicken eggs coated with two material coating stored at room (25–29 °C) and AC/low (18–22 °C) temperature. The treatments tested were two kinds of coatings, namely gelatin and lime solution, and two storage temperature conditions, namely room and low temperature for 30 days. The study was conducted with three replications, each replication was observed on 5 eggs. The parameters observed were weight loss, Egg white index, Egg yolk index, air cavity, Haugh Unit and surface morphology. The results showed that at the end of storage for 30 days the eggs quality still met the SNI standards I to III. AC storage temperature was better than room temperature. The egg treated with coating produced better quality than without coating. The longer the storage, the lower the weight loss, HU, IPT and IKT. The best treatment was gelatin coating stored at AC temperature.</p>


1969 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Guillermo Fornaris-Rullán ◽  
Rubén Guadalupe-Luna ◽  
Carmen Chao de Báez ◽  
Noemí Díaz

A study was conducted on 2 storage temperatures (10.6° and 13° C), 4 storage intervals (1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks) and 2 market temperatures (20° C or 27° C) to assess differences in shelf-life and some quality components of Keitt mango, Mangifera indica L. Fruit exposed to the longer storage intervals showed a significant decrease in ripening time after storage under market conditions up to 4 days. This is also true for those stored at 13° C as compared to those stored at 10.6° C, with a 2.64-day period difference. The higher storage temperature caused some increase in anthracnose and stem-end rot. The longer the storage interval, or the ripening time after storage under market conditions, the greater was the final weight loss.


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