Author:
IONICĂ Mira Elena,PLEȘOIANU Alina Mădălina,NOUR Violeta
Abstract
The present research was conducted to evaluate the effect of dipping treatments with 2% citric acid, 0.2% benzoic acid, 0.2% sorbic acid and acidic electrolyzed water on the quality of strawberries ("Malvina" cultivar) during 21 days storage at 8 °C. The following analyses were performed on the control and sanitized strawberry fruits at 1, 7, 14 and 21 days of storage: weight loss, firmness, decay incidence, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, total phenolics content, total anthocyanins content and DPPH antioxidant activity. All sanitizing treatments significantly (P<0.05) reduced weight loss and fruit decay during strawberry storage. Dipping strawberries in 0.2% sorbic acid or 0.2% benzoic acid aqueous solutions were the most effective treatments for maintaining firmness and phytochemical content and for delaying the decay of strawberries during cold storage.
Publisher
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Subject
General Materials Science