Pears (Pyrus communis L. cv. ‘Rocha’) were exposed to air or controlled atmosphere (CA) containing various concentrations of CO2: 0, 0.5 and 5 kPa, all with 2 kPa O2. After 4 months of storage at 2 ◦C, the fruits were transferred to air at room temperature, and assessed in terms of soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH, incidence of brown heart and flesh browning, phenolic content, vitamin C c...

We investigated the effects of melatonin (MT) treatment on physiological quality and cell wall metabolism kiwifruit during a 12-day shelf life period (20 ± 1 °C, 90 5% RH), after days cold storage (0 0.5 RH). Our results showed that MT delayed softening, as evidence by enhanced endurance healthy appearance, quality, color difference L* value, firmness fruit flesh. reduced decay rate, respiratio...

The total solids content of feedstocks affects the performances of anaerobic digestion and the change of total solids content will lead the change of microbial morphology in systems. In order to increase the efficiency of anaerobic digestion, it is necessary to understand the role of the total solids content on the behavior of the microbial communities involved in anaerobic digestion of organic...

This study presents a novel application of near infrared (NIR) spectral linearisation for measuring the soluble solids content (SSC) of carambola fruits. NIR spectra were measured using reflectance and interactance methods. In this study, only the interactance measurement technique successfully generated a reliable measurement result with a coefficient of determination of (R2) = 0.724 and a roo...

Firmness and soluble solids content (SSC) are important quality attributes for apples and many other fresh fruits. This research investigated the feasibility of using multispectral imaging to quantify light backscattering profiles from apple fruit for predicting firmness and SSC. Spectral images of the backscattering of light at the fruit surface, which were generated from a focused broadband b...

Amla juice, Rosemary extract, Sugar syrup and Sodium benzoate were blended to form a herbal squash, which was stored at 5 °C for 10 days. Physico-chemical and sensory analysis was done on day 0, 5, and 10. Pure Amla squash was taken as Standard and two variations, V1 and V2, were formulated with different quantities of Rosemary extract incorporated in it. Only slight changes in the Physico-chem...

Integrated fixed film activated sludge (IFAS) is an increasingly popular modification of conventional activated sludge, consisting of the addition of solid media to bioreactors to create hybrid attached/suspended growth systems. While the benefits of this technology for improvement of nitrification and other functions are well-demonstrated, little is known about its effects on biomass settleabi...

Silken tofu which retains soluble solids present in the soymilk was investigated for differences in the microstructure, sugars and isoflavones content from regular silken. Soy slurry treated with Viscozyme L (2.5 mL/L) was incubated for 30 minutes at 55°C. Stachyose was the predominant oligosaccharide in treated tofu, 4.58 g/100 g and 3.30 g/100 g in control tofu, raffinose content was 1.21 and...

There are only a few strawberry cultivars available in Brazil and all imported from North America Europe. Thus, the introduction of new materials their evaluation under Brazilian environmental conditions is imperative. The objective this study was to evaluate production, chemical components, concentration bioactive compounds edaphoclimatic municipality Pelotas-RS. experiment conducted field wit...