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Influence of Fast Cold Chain and Modified Atmosphere Packaging Storage on Postharvest Quality of Early Season‐Harvested Sweet Cherries
Author(s) -
Özkaya Okan,
Şener Aysun,
Saridaş Mehmet Ali,
Ünal Ümit,
Valizadeh Adel,
Dündar Ömür
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of food processing and preservation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1745-4549
pISSN - 0145-8892
DOI - 10.1111/jfpp.12455
Subject(s) - modified atmosphere , postharvest , shelf life , polyphenol oxidase , pectinase , cold chain , anthocyanin , cold storage , chemistry , horticulture , food science , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , peroxidase
The effects of fast cold chain alone and combination with modified atmosphere–modified humidity packaging ( MA / MH ) on the fruit quality, the activities of polyphenol oxidase ( PPO ), polygalacturonase ( PG ), individual sugars, organic acids and total anthocyanin amount of early‐harvested “0900 Z iraat” sweet cherries were investigated after 8 days of cold storage at 0C and subsequent 2 days of ambient temperature storage (simulating shelf life). Results showed that, combination treatment with fast cold chain and MA / MH packaging decreased the weight losses, fruit elasticity, pitting amount, PG , PPO activities, stem visual appearance and preserved the fruit's initial quality better than the controls after the studied storage times. We determine that using MA / MH packaging, even in a short distribution chain circumstances, will protect the quality of early‐harvested crops throughout their shelf life. Pratical Applications Cherries have a relatively short storage life and exporters typically prefer to purchase the early season fruit over a short time period without modified atmosphere packaging, which results in a larger amount of decay and a poor market quality. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of fast cold chain and MA / MH packaging on quality attributes, main physicochemical and cell wall enzymatic activities of the 0900 Ziraat sweet cherry.