Abstract
Using natural antimicrobial substances in edible films becomes crucial to extend the shelf-life of fresh-cut fruits due to the consumers’ preferences. In this study chitosan and ascorbic acid based film was used to improve the shelf-life of fresh-cut apples. Fresh-cut apple cubes were dipped in water (control), ascorbic acid (1%) or mixtures of chitosan–ascorbic acid in different ratios (1%:1%, 2%:2% or 1%:5%) for 5 min. After draining, fresh-cut apples were packed in sterile polypropylene jars and stored at 5 °C for 14 days. The treatment with chitosan and ascorbic acid suppressed browning, retained flesh firmness and maintained phenolic compounds throughout the storage period. Moreover, the treatment with chitosan–ascorbic acid significantly retarded the microbial growth during storage. Those findings suggested that the best performance was acquired in 1% chitosan and 5% ascorbic acid coating. That coating could be practical and useful to prolonging the chemical and microbial shelf lives of fresh-cut apples during refrigerated storage.
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Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan and ascorbic acid coating suppressed browning in fresh-cut apples.
- Taxon
- Apples
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- chitosan and ascorbic acide0
- Outcome
- browninge0
- Direction
- suppressede0
- Comparator
- water (control)t1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment with chitosan and ascorbic acid suppressed browning, retained flesh firmness and maintained phenolic compounds throughout the storage period”
t0“Fresh-Cut Apples”
t1“dipped in water (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
The coating retained apple flesh firmness during storage.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- chitosan and ascorbic acide0
- Outcome
- flesh firmnesse0
- Direction
- retainede0
- Qualifier
- throughout the storage periode0
- Comparator
- water (control)t1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment with chitosan and ascorbic acid suppressed browning, retained flesh firmness and maintained phenolic compounds throughout the storage period”
t0“Fresh-Cut Apples”
t1“dipped in water (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
The coating maintained phenolic compounds during storage.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- chitosan and ascorbic acide0
- Outcome
- phenolic compoundse0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Qualifier
- throughout the storage periode0
- Comparator
- water (control)t1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment with chitosan and ascorbic acid suppressed browning, retained flesh firmness and maintained phenolic compounds throughout the storage period”
t0“Fresh-Cut Apples”
t1“dipped in water (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan–ascorbic acid significantly retarded microbial growth during storage.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- chitosan–ascorbic acide0
- Outcome
- microbial growthe0
- Direction
- retardede0
- Comparator
- water (control)t1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the treatment with chitosan–ascorbic acid significantly retarded the microbial growth during storage”
t0“Fresh-Cut Apples”
t1“dipped in water (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1% chitosan and 5% ascorbic acid coating performed best.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- 1% chitosan and 5% ascorbic acid coatinge0
- Outcome
- best performancee0
- Direction
- beste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the best performance was acquired in 1% chitosan and 5% ascorbic acid coating”
t0“Fresh-Cut Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors proposed the coating to prolong chemical and microbial shelf lives.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae0
- Outcome
- prolonging the chemical and microbial shelf livese0
- Qualifier
- during refrigerated storagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“That coating could be practical and useful to prolonging the chemical and microbial shelf lives of fresh-cut apples during refrigerated storage”
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