Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Quality of Selected Vegetables: A Review - Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Quality of Selected Vegetables - page 58

Table 1.4 (continued)
Species and
food type

Initial gas
mix

Treatment prior to
packaging

Storage temperature (°C)
and storage period (days)

Treatment effect and shelf
life extension Package material References

White
asparagus
( Asparagus
offi cinalis
L .) cv Cipres

PMAP 1. P-plus 160 fi lm (OPP) of

35 ʼ m thickness

Immersion in a sodium
hypochlorite solution
of 100 ppm
concentration. Samples
were properly peeled

4 °C for 15 days The combination of

antimicrobial washing and
PMAP led to samples
having minimal weight
losses, total sugars of
2.8 %, ascorbic acid
content of 110 mg/kg and
lowered microbial counts
(7, 7.4, 5, 1.8, 3.9 and 3.6
log CFU/g for TVC,
psychrophiles,
Enterobacteriaceae ,
coliform, LAB and aerobic
spores on the 14th day of
storage) being sensorially
acceptable for 15 days

Simon et al.
( 2004 )

Asparagus
spears
( Asparagus
offi cinalis
L .)

PMAP 16 m stretch fi lm of OTR: 583

and CO 2 TR: 1,750 mL/
m 2 h atm.

ʼ 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20 and

25 °C under continuous
light or darkness
—6 days

Weight loss was
signifi cantly reduced by
MAP (<1 % for
temperatures under 15 °C).
Ascorbic acid content
remained close to the
initial level (12 mg/100 g)
while soluble solids of
samples stored under

Siomos et al.
( 2000 )