MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING PROTECTS MARKET QUALITY IN BROCCOLI SPEARS UNDER AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE STORAGE

Authors
BARTH MM KERBEL EL BROUSSARD S SCHMIDT SJ
Citation
Mm. Barth et al., MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING PROTECTS MARKET QUALITY IN BROCCOLI SPEARS UNDER AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE STORAGE, Journal of food science, 58(5), 1993, pp. 1070-1072
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of food science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221147
Volume
58
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1070 - 1072
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1147(1993)58:5<1070:MAPPMQ>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Broccoli spears were packaged using a semipermeable polymeric film and stored 96 hr at 20-degrees-C. CO2 and O2 concentrations within the pa ckages equilibrated to about 9 and 3%, respectively. Relative to non-p ackaged spears, ascorbic acid, chlorophyll and moisture retention were greater; and peroxidase activity was lower in packaged broccoli. No d ifferences were found in total aerobic microbial population growth or Instron shear values between packaged and control spears.