Featured Application Knowledge about PPO action, determination and inhibition processes
applied to minimally processed fruit and vegetables. Abstract Fresh-cut produce are quite …

Minimally processed refrigerated (MPR) fruits and vegetables are an important and rapidly
develo** class of MPR foods. These convenience foods are being produced by unique …

The objective of the present study was to determine the shelf-life of minimally-processed
fresh-cut apples treated with anti-browning agents under modified atmosphere packaging …

The effect of pH, phenolic substrates, and food additives on polyphenoloxidase (PPO)
activity and on tissue browning was studied in fresh-cut 'Rocha'pear. Substrates 4 …

Fresh-cut fruit is an important segment in fruit market due to the increasing demand for
healthy/convenient foods. However, processing promotes a decrease in fruits stability with …

This study explored the effects of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and calcium lactate (Ca-L)
pretreatments prior to osmotic dehydration on physicochemical characteristics and …

Respiratory behavior of fresh-cut 'Rocha'pear suggests that optimization of O2 concentration
inside modified atmosphere packages (MAP) is of limited benefit. To test this hypothesis …

One of the greatest barriers to the commercial marketing of fresh-cut fruit is limited shelf-life
due to tissue softening and surface browning. Moreover, the development of …

BACKGROUND Biological preservation with probiotic bacteria has arisen as an alternative
to control the growth of foodborne pathogens on food. The objective of this work was to …

Purpose: Mango is an invaluable and climacteric fruit with a short shelf life. Minimally fresh‐
cut mango fruit market is growing very fast, particularly in Europe and the United States, and …