Abstract
This study aimed to determine the effects of ethylene scavenger incorporated active packaging and storage temperature on the shelf life of cucumbers. For this purpose, cucumbers were packaged using modified atmosphere packaging (5% O2-10% CO2-85% N2) in two different low-density polyethylene (LDPE) packages, with and without ethylene scavenger, and stored at 4ºC and 10ºC for 20 days. The group of cucumbers without packaging was prepared as the control. Throughout the storage period, changes in physical, chemical, and sensory quality parameters of the cucumbers were monitored through analyses of headspace gas analysis, weight loss, color, texture, soluble solid content (%brix), pH, titratable acidity, and sensory evaluation. Due to cold injury at 4ºC, equilibrium atmosphere could not be achieved, and the %O2 level dropped below the critical limit (2%) by the end of storage. At 10ºC, the products packaged without ethylene scavenger exhibited higher ethylene concentration during storage, negatively affecting the quality parameters, whereas the group with ethylene scavenger had lower ethylene accumulation and reduced cold injury, preserving product quality better. The cucumbers packaged with ethylene scavenger and stored at 10ºC was sensorially acceptable for the entire storage of 20 days suggesting the shelf life of 20 days only for this application.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
At 4ºC cold injury prevented equilibrium atmosphere and oxygen fell below 2% by storage end.
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Verbatim
e0“Due to cold injury at 4ºC, equilibrium atmosphere could not be achieved, and the %O2 level dropped below the critical limit (2%) by the end of storage”
t0“CUCUMBER”
Claim · model-written summary
At 10ºC without scavenger, ethylene concentration was higher during storage.
- Taxon
- CUCUMBER
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- packaged without ethylene scavengere0
- Outcome
- ethylene concentratione0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“At 10ºC, the products packaged without ethylene scavenger exhibited higher ethylene concentration during storage”
t0“CUCUMBER”
Claim · model-written summary
At 10ºC scavenger packaging lowered ethylene accumulation.
- Taxon
- CUCUMBERCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- with ethylene scavengere0
- Outcome
- ethylene accumulatione0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“whereas the group with ethylene scavenger had lower ethylene accumulation and reduced cold injury, preserving product quality better”
t0“CUCUMBER”
Claim · model-written summary
Scavenger packaging reduced cold injury and better preserved cucumber quality.
- Taxon
- CUCUMBERCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- with ethylene scavengere0
- Outcome
- cold injurye0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the group with ethylene scavenger had lower ethylene accumulation and reduced cold injury, preserving product quality better”
t0“CUCUMBER”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumbers with scavenger packaging at 10ºC remained sensorially acceptable for 20 days.
- Taxon
- cucumbersCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- packaged with ethylene scavengere0
- Outcome
- sensorially acceptablee0
- Value
- 20 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“The cucumbers packaged with ethylene scavenger and stored at 10ºC was sensorially acceptable for the entire storage of 20 days”
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