Influence of Packaging and Cold Storage Conditions on the Physio-chemical Properties of Barhi Date Fruits | ||||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2020, Page 79-91 PDF (355.49 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2020.104165 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ramadan, R.1; Magda Selim1; K.. S.A Nagy2; Zeinab S. M M o hamed3 | ||||
| 1Dept., Food and Science Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assuit Universit | ||||
| 2Dept., Food Engineering and Packaging, Food and Science Technology Institute, A g r i- culture Research Center. | ||||
| 3Dept., Food Engineering and Packaging, Food and Science Technology Institute, Agriculture Research Center. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The fruit of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ‘Barhi’ is mainly harvested at Khalal stage, whereas fruits are physiologically mature, hard and crisp. Fruits are suitable for consumption at Khalal stage but due to their high moisture content, they are very perishable with low storage life. The physicochemical properties of Barhi fruits grown at Americana framers, Giza, Egypt, which packed inpolyamide/polyethylene (PA/PE), polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), under cold storage temperatures (5±1º C) in response to vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with N2 were studied. Fruits were analyzed at four time intervals after packing (0, 3, 6 and 9 weeks) and evaluated for their quality characteristics: texture, weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), pH, moisture content, acidity and sugar content. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Barhi fruits; storage; modified atmosphere packing; quality attributes | ||||
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