Abstract
Strawberries are a globally consumed soft fruit, renowned for their rich bioactive compounds, such as vitamins, health-boosting antioxidants, polyphenolic compounds, flavonoids, and anthocyanins. In the present study, a novel edible coating based on cress seed (CS) mucilage enhanced with probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri VTC 864 bacteria (LR) was developed to extend the shelf life of strawberries. The antimicrobial properties of LR were evaluated. The LR-infused edible coating ( 1.5 × 10 8 and 3 × 10 9 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL) markedly maintained the pH, acidity, and microbiological quality, and delayed the reduction in phenol, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contents during storage. Additionally, strawberries coated with LR-loaded CS mucilage exhibited notably lower weight loss, decay percentage, and total fungi counts, along with higher sensory scores compared to the control group. The CS mucilage coating, particularly in conjunction with LR, demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in preserving the physicochemical, bioactivity, and safety properties of strawberry samples. This underscores its promise for creating environmentally friendly and functional packaging options. This research marks a significant advancement in sustainable food preservation methods and the development of functional foods. In the second part of this study, the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) model was used to predict all the laboratory factors. The results indicated that MLP could predict all the parameters with acceptable accuracy. • Probiotic coating improves strawberry shelf life, reducing decay and weight loss. • The study demonstrated enhanced acidity, texture, and lower fungal growth in strawberries. • Coating with higher probiotic concentrations maintained viable bacteria and sensory quality.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
The LR-infused coating maintained pH, acidity and microbiological quality of strawberries during storage.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- LR-infused edible coatinge1
- Outcome
- pH, acidity, and microbiological qualitye1
- Direction
- maintainede1
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Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e1“The LR-infused edible coating ( 1.5 × 10 8 and 3 × 10 9 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL) markedly maintained the pH, acidity, and microbiological quality, and delayed the reduction in phenol, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contents during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The LR-infused coating delayed the reduction in phenol, ascorbic acid and anthocyanin contents of strawberries during storage.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- LR-infused edible coatinge1
- Outcome
- phenol, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contentse1
- Direction
- delayed the reductione1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e1“The LR-infused edible coating ( 1.5 × 10 8 and 3 × 10 9 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL) markedly maintained the pH, acidity, and microbiological quality, and delayed the reduction in phenol, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contents during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Strawberries coated with LR-loaded CS mucilage had lower weight loss, decay percentage and total fungi counts than the control group.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- LR-loaded CS mucilagee2
- Outcome
- weight loss, decay percentage, and total fungi countse2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Comparator
- control groupe2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e2“strawberries coated with LR-loaded CS mucilage exhibited notably lower weight loss, decay percentage, and total fungi counts, along with higher sensory scores compared to the control group”
Claim · model-written summary
Strawberries coated with LR-loaded CS mucilage had higher sensory scores than the control group.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- LR-loaded CS mucilagee2
- Outcome
- sensory scorese2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- control groupe2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e2“strawberries coated with LR-loaded CS mucilage exhibited notably lower weight loss, decay percentage, and total fungi counts, along with higher sensory scores compared to the control group”
Claim · model-written summary
Coating with higher probiotic concentrations maintained viable bacteria and sensory quality of strawberries.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- higher probiotic concentrationse3
- Outcome
- viable bacteria and sensory qualitye3
- Direction
- maintainede3
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Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e3“Coating with higher probiotic concentrations maintained viable bacteria and sensory quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The study demonstrated enhanced acidity and texture of strawberries with the LR-infused coating.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- LR-infused edible coatinge1
- Outcome
- acidity, texturee4
- Direction
- enhancede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e1“The LR-infused edible coating ( 1.5 × 10 8 and 3 × 10 9 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL) markedly maintained the pH, acidity, and microbiological quality, and delayed the reduction in phenol, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contents during storage”
e4“The study demonstrated enhanced acidity, texture, and lower fungal growth in strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
A Multilayer Perceptron model predicted all the measured laboratory parameters of coated strawberries with acceptable accuracy.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- all the parameterse5
- Value
- acceptable accuracye5
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fresh strawberry fruit”
e5“could predict all the parameters with acceptable accuracy”
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