Effect of temperature and modified atmosphere packaging on overall quality of fresh-cut bell peppers
G. A. Gonzalez-Aguilar , J. F. Ayala-Zavala, S. Ruiz-Cruz, E. Acedo-Felix and M. E. Diaz-Cinco
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie Volume 37, Issue 8 , December 2004, Pages 817-826
2004
บทคัดย่อ
The effect of vacuum packaging (VP) and modified atmosphere packaging without vacuum (MAP) on shelf-life offresh-cutgreen bell pepper stored at 5°C and 10°C were evaluated. In-package atmosphere, overall quality, percentage of leaked juice, texture, ascorbic acid content, ethanol and acetaldehyde, and microbial growth, were evaluated at different intervals of storage. MAP- fresh-cutpeppers presented better visual quality, less leaked juice and higher firmness than those stored under VP. Microbiological and quality analysis revealed a limit of shelf-life of 14 and 21 days, whenfresh-cutpeppers were stored at 10°C and 5°C, respectively. We conclude that MAP could be used to maintain quality attributes offresh-cutpeppers for up 21 days at 5°C.