期刊
FOODS
卷 11, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11213317
关键词
edible coatings; chitosan; shelf life; strawberries; apples
资金
- University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest [1281/30.07.2021, FDI-2021-0430]
This study evaluated the effects of chitosan-based edible coatings on organic strawberries and apple slices during cold storage. The coatings were found to maintain the physical-chemical and microbiological properties of the samples, reduce microbial load, preserve important nutrients and antioxidant activity, and lower water activity, leading to prolonged shelf-life.
Edible coatings and films have been researched for more than three decades due to their ability to be incorporated with different functional ingredients or compounds as an option to maintain the postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of three types of chitosan-based (CH) edible coatings obtained from medium and high molecular weight chitosan, containing ascorbic or acetic acid and sea buckthorn or grape seed essential oils on the physical-chemical and microbiological properties of organic strawberries and apple slices during cold storage at 4 degrees C and 8 degrees C. Scanning electron microscope images showed both a smooth structure and a fracture and pore structure on strawberry coatings and a dense and smooth structure on the apple slices coatings. Further, the edible coatings managed to reduce the microbial load of yeasts and molds of the coated strawberries during the storage period. Overall, the treatments preserved the ascorbic acid, total polyphenol content, and antioxidant activity for all the tested samples compared to the control sample, throughout the storage period. In addition, the water activity (a(w)) of the coated samples presented lower values (0.96-0.98) than the control samples. The obtained results indicate that the developed chitosan-based edible coatings could maintain the postharvest parameters of the tested samples, also leading to their shelf-life prolongation.
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