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Influence of Calcium Treatment on‘Golden Delicious’Apple Quality
Author(s) -
DRAKE S. R.,
SPAYD S. E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1983.tb10752.x
Subject(s) - titratable acid , ascorbic acid , cold storage , chemistry , food science , controlled atmosphere , modified atmosphere , food preservation , horticulture , shelf life , biology , organic chemistry
ABSTRACT The use of a CaCl 2 treatment in the storage of apples improved the keeping quality of fresh apples in prolonged cold storage and did not deter from the quality of the processed product. The fresh market apples in controlled atmosphere storage were firmer with more ascorbic acid than CaCl 2 treated apples in standard cold storage. However, fresh market CaCl 2 treated apples had less green color, were firmer, with a high titratable acidity and ascorbic acid content, than untreated apples in standard cold storage. The processed products made from CaCl 2 treated apples had better color and firmness than those made with apples from standard cold storage and better consistency and less weep than those made with apples from controlled atmosphere storage.