Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Quality of Selected Vegetables: A Review - Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Quality of Selected Vegetables - page 57

Asparagus
( Asparagus
offi cinalis
L .) cv.
UC800

1. AMAP
5 %/5 %
O 2 /CO 2

PVC of 25 m thickness with

OTR: 3.6 and CO 2 TR:
7.8 × 10 −12 mol s −1 mm −2 kPa −1

ʼ 1. Compressed air

treatment at 1.1 MPa
for 24 h
2. Treatment with
Ar-Xe mixture in 2:9
(v:v) partial pressure at
1.1 MPa for 24 h

4 °C for 18 days Ar and Xe treated samples

showed a shelf life of 12
days. MAP treated samples
had minimal weight loss,
both Ar-Xe treated and
MAP samples had reduced
crude fi ber content
(3-4 %) while chlorophyll
was preserved better on
both treatments (25 and
24 mg/100 g for MAP and
Ar-Xe treated samples,
respectively on the 18th
day)

Zhang et al.
( 2008 )

Asparagus
( Asparagus
offi cinalis
L .) cv.
Grolin

PMAP 1. OPP fi lm with OTR:

13,200 mL/m 2 day atm. as
fi lm A
2. OPP fi lm with OTR:
45,000 mL/m 2 day atm. as
fi lm B

Washing with sodium
hypochlorite solution
containing 150 mg/L
free chlorine. Samples
were peeled

5 and 10 °C for 14 days At 10 °C the shelf life of

this product was limited to
6 days while storage at a
lower temperature with the
use of A fi lm resulted in a
shelf life of 14 days (7 and
4.9 log CFU/g for TVC
and Enterobacteriaceae on
the 14th day)

Simon and
Gonzalez-Fantos
( 2011 )

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