Effects of Compostable Packaging and Perforation Rates on Cucumber Quality during Extended Shelf Life and Simulated Farm-to-Fork Supply-Chain Conditions

Foods

Ron Porat¹  Abiola Owoyemi¹  Victor Rodov¹ 

[1] Department of Postharvest Science, ARO—the Volcani Center, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel;

关键词: cucumber;    modified atmosphere;    postharvest;    plastic;    compostable;   

DOI  :  10.3390/foods10020471

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Cucumbers are highly perishable and suffer from moisture loss, shriveling, yellowing, peel damage, and decay. Plastic packaging helps to preserve cucumber quality, but harms the environment. We examined the use of compostable modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with different perforation rates as a possible replacement for conventional plastic packaging materials. The results indicate that all of the tested types of packaging reduced cucumber weight loss and shriveling. However, compostable MAP with micro-perforations that created a modified atmosphere of between 16–18% O₂ and 3–5% CO₂ most effectively preserved cucumber quality, as demonstrated by reduced peel pitting, the reduced appearance of warts and the inhibition of yellowing and decay development. Overall, micro-perforated compostable packaging extended the storage life of cucumbers under both extended shelf conditions and simulated farm-to-fork supply-chain conditions and thus may serve as a replacement for the plastic packaging currently used to preserve the postharvest quality of cucumbers.

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