berangan banana were treated with hot water at 50 ºc for 0 (control), 10, and 20 min and then kept at room temperature (25±2 ºc), 75-80% rh to observe the ripening progress. firmness and activity of cell wall degradation enzymes such as polygalacturonase (pg), pectin methylesterase (pme), and pectate lyase (pl) were determined for treated and untreated banana. the microstructure of banana peel ...

the pomegranate fruits of cvs. malas yazdi and malas ashkezar were immersed in sa (1 and 2 mm from source of acytyl salicylic acid) for five minutes, in ja (0.3 and 0.4 mm from source of n-propyl dihydrojasmonate) for fifteen minutes, in cacl2 (1 and 2%) for five minutes, and in distilled water for five minutes as control. then, the fruits were stored in cold storage at 1.5±0.5ºc and 85±5% rela...

production of part-baked bread is a successful method to postpone bread staling that has been applied widely for production of loaves. in this research, production and some physical characteristics of part-baked flat bread (barbari) including hardness, volume, color, weight loss, and microstructure were studied during the storage of the samples at ambient (25ºc) and freezing (-18ºc) temperature...

in this research, a novel formulation of sponge cake was studied. instant tea powder (itp) with high ester-catechins content was used to replace 0, 7.5, 12.5, and 17.5% of flour to make sponge cakes, hereafter referred to as the control, itp1, itp2, and itp3, respectively. the microbiological analysis and lipid oxidation experiments were conducted and the odor, flavor, color, chewiness, and ove...

We examine the case of items with a limited shelf-life where storing an item (before consumption) may carry a cost to a buyer (or distributor). For example, eggs, milk, or Groupon coupons have a fixed expiry date, and seasonal goods can suffer a decrease in value. We show how this setting contrasts with recent results by Berbeglia et al [4] for items with infinite shelf-life. We prove tight bou...

The present review has mainly focused on the specific parameters including aging (aging days, temperature, relative humidity, and air flow), eating quality (flavor, tenderness and juiciness), microbiological quality and economic (shrinkage, retail yields and cost) involved beef dry aging process. Dry aging is the process where beef carcasses or primal cuts are hanged and aged for 28 to 55 d und...