Alternative sanitation techniques applied to minimally fresh industrially processed cherry and plum salad

  1. FERNANDEZ LEON, MARÍA FERNANDA
  2. CAÑADA CAÑADA, FLORENTINA
  3. NOGALES NOGALES, SERGIO
  4. DELGADO ADÁMEZ, J
  5. BOHOYO GIL, DIEGO
  6. FERNÁNDEZ LEÓN, A. M.
Revista:
International Journal of Engineering Inventions

ISSN: 2348-3539

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 4

Número: 9

Páginas: 1-6

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: International Journal of Engineering Inventions

Resumen

A comparative study on different sanitation methods on the quality decay of fresh industrially processed cherry ('Ambrunés') and plum ('Suplum eleven') salad is presented. The fruit was processed in a cleaning room, under usual and controlled conditions in a fresh cut industrial plant, using the following steps: reception, cutting, washing, draining and packaging. Processed salad was packaged in thermally sealed polypropylene basket using passive modified atmosphere. During a storage period of 10 days at 4 ºC, sensory attributes, functional content and microbial counts analysis were performed. It was concluded that the combinated use of UV-C radiation and 10.0 g/l ascorbic acid was effective in reducing the microbial counts, maintaining the antioxidant compounds and the sensorial quality of the product during the 10 days at 4 ºC