Packaging strategies to prolong the shelf life of minimally processed lampascioni (Muscari comosum)

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-206

  Conte, A ^a   Scrocco, C ^a   Brescia, I ^a   Del Nobile, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coating; Minimally processed vegetables; Muscari comosum; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITRIC ACID; CLADDING (COATING); PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SODIUM;

BIODEGRADABLE FILMS; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; COATING; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MINIMALLY PROCESSED VEGETABLES; MUSCARI COMOSUM; OBSERVATION PERIOD; ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM; POLYMERIC FILMS; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY; SHELF LIFE; SODIUM ALGINATE; TO PACKAGING; TWO TYPES; VISUAL QUALITIES; WEIGHT LOSSES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MUSCARI COMOSUM;

EID: 49749105192     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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