abstract background: processes such as drying, sauce making, extracting and doping reduced nutritional value and unique sensory characteristics of pomegranate. on the other hand, the difficulty in peeling and removing the arils has limited its fresh consumption. for this reason, the “ready-to-eat” pomegranate may represent a possible option to implement fresh fruit consumption. in this study, t...

abstract leafy vegetables such as lettuce are more susceptible to post harvest losses, thus application desirable treatments can be recommendable. generally, type of packaging, such as modified atmosphere packaging (map) and wrapping can considerably suppress post harvest loss of horticultural products. in this study, the effects of polypropylene film (thickness 30 and 40 micron) wrapping and m...

Purpose of Review: This review is aimed at illustrating the directions in which research on controlled atmosphere (CA), modified atmosphere (MA) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for fresh and fresh-cut vegetables has been focused since about 2000, and to highlight significant new findings in the field. Findings: In the last 5 years, little research with vegetables has been carried out to...

food preservation has always been a concern for mankind. different methods have been developed to preserve food for long periods, such as cold storage, plastic covers, and modified atmospherethis study examined the physicochemical and biological effects of a modified atmosphere on packaged romaine lettuce at three levels (g1: 40% oxygen, 15% carbon dioxide, 45% nitrogen; g2: 70% oxygen, 15% car...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of modified atmosphere packaging (map) containing high carbon dioxide gas concentrations on the quality of sayer dates, to be used as a safe alternative to methyl bromide fumigation. different percentages of gases (85% co2 + 3% o2 + 12% n2; 75% co2 + 12% o2 + 13% n2; 34% co2 + 37% o2 + 29% n2) were injected into the cellophane packages. t...

background and objectives: edible parts of pomegranate fruits are a rich source of bioactive compounds. the present research examines the effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the fruit physico-chemical and microbial properties of two commercial pomegranate cultivars grown in iran. materials and methods: the arils were packaged and stored under four different atmospheres. all of the packag...