Maintaining the colour texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid paraffin.


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Suhaila Mohamed, . and Safiah Abdullah Khir, . Maintaining the colour texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid paraffin. pp. 201-208. ISSN 0126-6128

Abstract

Low density polyethylene shrinkwrapping significantly reduced weight loss and texture loss in Mauritius pineapples stored at 10C 15C 20C and ambient temperatures. Surface coating with paraffin inhibited internal browning in cold-stored pineapples and helped retain a high vitamin C content in the pineapples during storage. Paraffin coating was most effective at maintaining the colour of fresh pineapples and reducing the acidity. A combination of paraffin waxing and shrinkwrapping was found to be effective in maintaining all the parameters studied. Control untreated pineapples exhibited high weight loss texture loss over ripening fungal attack and internal browning during cold storage. Weight foss xoas found to be negatively correlated to ascorbic acid content and pulp texture under most conditions.


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Abstract

Low density polyethylene shrinkwrapping significantly reduced weight loss and texture loss in Mauritius pineapples stored at 10C 15C 20C and ambient temperatures. Surface coating with paraffin inhibited internal browning in cold-stored pineapples and helped retain a high vitamin C content in the pineapples during storage. Paraffin coating was most effective at maintaining the colour of fresh pineapples and reducing the acidity. A combination of paraffin waxing and shrinkwrapping was found to be effective in maintaining all the parameters studied. Control untreated pineapples exhibited high weight loss texture loss over ripening fungal attack and internal browning during cold storage. Weight foss xoas found to be negatively correlated to ascorbic acid content and pulp texture under most conditions.

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Item Type: Article
AGROVOC Term: Pineapples
AGROVOC Term: Ananas comosus
AGROVOC Term: Paraffin
AGROVOC Term: Coating
AGROVOC Term: Cold storage
AGROVOC Term: Packaging
AGROVOC Term: Ascorbic acid
AGROVOC Term: Weight losses
AGROVOC Term: Vitamin c
AGROVOC Term: Colour
Geographical Term: Malaysia
Depositing User: Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified: 27 Apr 2025 23:32
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22775

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