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INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL PRACTICES AND PACKAGING MATERIALS ON TABLE GRAPE QUALITY
Author(s) -
CONTE A.,
MASTROMATTEO M.,
ANTONACCI D.,
DEL NOBILE M.A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of food process engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1745-4530
pISSN - 0145-8876
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2010.00616.x
Subject(s) - polyolefin , girdling , table grape , polyester , food science , materials science , chemistry , horticulture , composite material , layer (electronics) , biology , berry
The quality loss of table grape (cv. Crimson seedless ) packaged in different films was studied in order to appraise the effects induced by girdling technique combined with a gibberellins treatment on product storability. The cultural practices successfully enhanced the quality of the berries. From a packaging point of view, all the investigated films successfully preserved the quality of the packed fruit, with some relevant differences for the highest gas barrier films. A better score in the overall acceptability was for grape packaged in multi‐layer laminated nylon/polyolefin and biodegradable starch/polyester‐based films. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS The results obtained in this work can give a new contribution to the field by providing information on combined strategies to prolong the shelf life of ready‐to‐use table grape. The bio‐based packaging system exerted a very attractive performance, thus allowing proposing it as a potential alternative to petroleum source packaging.