Abstract
Fresh sweet corn has a series of physiological and biochemical reactions after picking due to the high moisture content, leading to damaged nutritional value. Rapid freezing of sweet corn after harvest can minimize tissue damage and quality deterioration. In this study, freshly harvested sweet corn was frozen by ultrasound-assisted freezing, brine freezing, strong wind freezing, and refrigerator freezing. The effects of different freezing methods on hardness, water loss, color, epidermal structure, soluble solids content, soluble sugars content, peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activities of frozen sweet corn during storage were investigated. The results showed that brine freezing and strong wind freezing could effectively reduce the quality loss of sweet corn, keep the color, soluble sugars, and soluble solids content of the sweet corn, delay the decrease in antioxidant enzyme activity, and maintain the quality of sweet corn during long term storage.
Funder
Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program, China
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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