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

Low density polyethylene shrinkwrapping significantly reduced weight loss and texture loss in Mauritius pineapples stored at 10°C, 15°C, 20°C and ambient temperatures. Suiface coating with paraffin inhibited internal browning in cold-stored pineapples and helped retain a high vitamin C content in...

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Main Authors: Mohamed, Suhaila, Abdullah Khir, Safiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1993
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3150/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3150/1/Maintaining_the_Colour%2C_Texture_and_Vitamin_C_of_Cold-stored_Pineapples.pdf
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description Low density polyethylene shrinkwrapping significantly reduced weight loss and texture loss in Mauritius pineapples stored at 10°C, 15°C, 20°C and ambient temperatures. Suiface 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 ofparaffin 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 loss was found to be negatively correlated to ascorbic acid content and pulp texture under most conditions.
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spelling upm-31502015-09-01T08:37:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3150/ Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin Mohamed, Suhaila Abdullah Khir, Safiah Low density polyethylene shrinkwrapping significantly reduced weight loss and texture loss in Mauritius pineapples stored at 10°C, 15°C, 20°C and ambient temperatures. Suiface 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 ofparaffin 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 loss was found to be negatively correlated to ascorbic acid content and pulp texture under most conditions. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1993 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3150/1/Maintaining_the_Colour%2C_Texture_and_Vitamin_C_of_Cold-stored_Pineapples.pdf Mohamed, Suhaila and Abdullah Khir, Safiah (1993) Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 16 (3). pp. 201-208. ISSN 0126-6128 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2016%20(3)%20Dec.%201993/07%20JTAS%20Vol.16%20(3)%201993%20(Pg%20201-208).pdf
spellingShingle Mohamed, Suhaila
Abdullah Khir, Safiah
Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title_full Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title_fullStr Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title_full_unstemmed Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title_short Maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin C of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
title_sort maintaining the colour, texture and vitamin c of cold-stored pineapples through shrinkwrapping and surface-coating with liquid raraffin
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3150/1/Maintaining_the_Colour%2C_Texture_and_Vitamin_C_of_Cold-stored_Pineapples.pdf