Bruising is the most common type of mechanical damage affecting fresh horticultural
produce, and reduces quality to the consumer and income to fruit and vegetable industries …

Highlights•Fresh fruits are very susceptible to mechanical damage during handling.•This
review concerns the quantitative evaluation of mechanical damage to fruits.•The sources …

Fresh fruits are susceptible to bruising, a common type of mechanical damage during
harvest and at all stages of postharvest handling. In quest of develo** and adoption of …

This paper presented an approach using a pendulum method to measure bruise damage of
apples to overcome the limitation of the drop test on impact control on a specific fruit zone …

Bruise damage is one of the mechanical injury problems that could appear in fresh produce
during the post-harvest supply chain. The study investigated three main effects (drop impact …

Bruise damage resulting from excessive impact and compression forces between the point
of harvest and consumption is a major quality problem in fresh fruit marketing. This study …

High speed data processing for online food quality inspection using hyperspectral imaging
(HSI) is challenging as over hundred spectral images have to be analyzed simultaneously …

Bruise damage of fresh fruits is a major problem in the horticultural industry, potentially
occurring during preharvest, harvest and at all stages of postharvest handling chain. This …

A non-destructive methodology was developed to automatically detect and quantify bruise
volumes in the equatorial region of apples, using X-ray CT images. Grey level threshold …

Highlights•A model was developed to illustrate the viscoelastic–plastic behaviour of
potatoes.•The equivalent dissipation parameters for the developed model were …