modified atmosphere packaging.
Vacuum packaging, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and active packaging are widely used in food package.
Various environmentally friendly post-harvest techniques such as irradiation, modified atmosphere packaging are also discussed.
For many years modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) has been successfully used to prolong the shelf life of many products.
Measuring the respiration rate of fresh produce is essential to design modified atmosphere packaging systems to extend their shelf life.
The results confirmed by a sensory test indicated that the optimum equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging for mandarin segments was 19.8/1.2% (O2/CO2%).
Developments in packaging e.g. modified atmosphere packaging have shown promising results in extending the shelf life of fresh produce including fresh cherries.
This review looks at the effects of temperature, relative humidity, storage under controlled atmosphere (CA) or modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and processing on glucosinolate content in broccoli heads.
An innovative computer vision system (CVS) that extracts color features discriminating the quality levels occurring during fresh-cut radicchio storage in air or modified atmosphere packaging was proposed.
The preservation hurdles, which can be applied to such foods, are double heating, irradiation, hydrostatic pressure, modified atmosphere packaging, low pH, salt, spices, lactate, bacteriocins, protective cultures and their combination.
A rotatable factorial design with the aim of studying the effects of Nisaplin and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) showed that CO2reduced gas release and had little effect on acidification.
