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Alternative Green and Novel Postharvest Treatments for Minimally Processed Fruits and Vegetables
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Minimally processed fresh produce is ready to eat and subjected to minimal technology before consumption. Fresh fruits and vegetables (FFVs) are minimally processed commodities that are metabolically active and undergo physiological processes such as ripening and senescence, reducing their quality and shelf life. Postharvest technologies maintain the quality and prolong the shelf life of harvested produce, without which the quality deteriorates such that significant economic loss ensues due to water and nutrients loss, physiological deterioration, biochemical changes, and microbial degeneration. Conventional postharvest treatments such as temperature management, and chemical and gaseous treatments are widely known for controlling postharvest issues in FFVs. However, there are novel and green alternative safe methods that are employed to maintain the postharvest quality and prolong the shelf life of FFVs. This chapter focuses on seven common alternative novel and green postharvest treatments: nitric oxide, ozone, methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, oxalic acid, calcium, and heat treatments. These treatments are explained and some of their current application on FFVs are discussed and tabularized indicating the optimum treatment conditions reported in the latest scientific publications.
Title: Alternative Green and Novel Postharvest Treatments for Minimally Processed Fruits and Vegetables
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Minimally processed fresh produce is ready to eat and subjected to minimal technology before consumption.
Fresh fruits and vegetables (FFVs) are minimally processed commodities that are metabolically active and undergo physiological processes such as ripening and senescence, reducing their quality and shelf life.
Postharvest technologies maintain the quality and prolong the shelf life of harvested produce, without which the quality deteriorates such that significant economic loss ensues due to water and nutrients loss, physiological deterioration, biochemical changes, and microbial degeneration.
Conventional postharvest treatments such as temperature management, and chemical and gaseous treatments are widely known for controlling postharvest issues in FFVs.
However, there are novel and green alternative safe methods that are employed to maintain the postharvest quality and prolong the shelf life of FFVs.
This chapter focuses on seven common alternative novel and green postharvest treatments: nitric oxide, ozone, methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, oxalic acid, calcium, and heat treatments.
These treatments are explained and some of their current application on FFVs are discussed and tabularized indicating the optimum treatment conditions reported in the latest scientific publications.
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