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- Title
Electrostatic and Conventional Spraying of Alginate-Based Edible Coating with Natural Antimicrobials for Preserving Fresh Strawberry Quality.
- Authors
Peretto, Greta; Du, Wen-Xian; Avena-Bustillos, Roberto; De J. Berrios, Jose; Sambo, Paolo; McHugh, Tara
- Abstract
Microbial contamination and mold growth are common causes of strawberry deterioration during storage. The growing need for extending shelf-life while enhancing the overall quality of perishable fruits has generated increasing interest in the development of novel preservation technologies. This study used electrostatic spraying (ES) technology as an innovative and efficient technique for the application of edible alginate coating enriched with carvacrol and methyl cinnamate (natural antimicrobials) on fresh strawberries. The efficiency of the electrostatic technology was compared to non-electrostatic (conventional) spray (NES) technology in terms of transfer efficiency and coating evenness. Furthermore, physicochemical and textural parameters (such as weight loss, visible decay, firmness, surface color, total soluble phenolic content, and antioxidant capacity) of ES and NES coated fruits were studied and compared to uncoated controls. ES technology demonstrated higher transfer efficiency and evenness than NES, which led to a significant reduction of visible decay over uncoated controls. The delay in microbial spoilage by ES (11 days) was greater than by NES (10 days) and uncoated strawberries (7 days). ES coating significantly inhibited strawberry decay with only 5.6 % of infected fruits, compared to 16.6 and 8.3 % for control and NES fruits after 13 days of storage, respectively. At the end of 13 days of storage, ES coating demonstrated superior performance on strawberry firmness, color retention, and weight loss reduction. Additionally, no differences were observed between uncoated and coated fruits with regard to their antioxidant and total soluble phenolics.
- Subjects
STRAWBERRY quality; SHELF-life dating of food; PHENOL content of fruit; ELECTROSTATICS; EDIBLE coatings; ALGINATES
- Publication
Food & Bioprocess Technology, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1, p165
- ISSN
1935-5130
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11947-016-1808-9