Efficacy of Aqueous Ozone and Chlorine in Combination with Passive Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Postharvest Shelf-Life Extension of Green Chillies (Capsicum annuum L.)

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1386-1392

  Chitravathi, K ^a   Chauhan, O P ^a   Raju, P S ^a   Madhukar, N ^a  

^a DEFENCE FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Green chillies; Modified atmosphere packaging; Ozonation; Quality; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORINE; FOOD STORAGE; IMAGE QUALITY; OZONE; OZONIZATION; PACKAGING;

COMBINATION TREATMENTS; GREEN CHILLI; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERIC PACKAGING; SHELF LIFE; SHELF LIFE EXTENSIONS; YEAST AND MOLD COUNT;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

EID: 84937759256     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-015-1511-2     Document Type: Article

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