Processamento mínimo de melão rendilhado: tipo de corte, temperatura de armazenamento e atmosfera modificada. / Fresh cut net melon: cut type, storage temperature and modified atmosphere.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

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The objective of this work was to determine the cut type, storage temperature and packaging materials for better quality maintenance in minimally processed melons. In the first experiment two cut types (cube and slice) and three storage temperatures (3, 6 and 9ºC) were evaluated. In the second experiment minimally processed melon in cubes were wrapped in several packaging materials with passive modified atmosphere and stored at 3ºC. The packaging materials were: AFG: DuPont polyolephinic antifog film 15mm; HP: DuPont polyolephinic film 15 mm, PD-900: Cryovac polyolephinic film 58 mm, PEBD: low density polyethylene film 87 mm, PP: polypropylene film 52 mm; BB-200: Cryovac multlayer film 65mm and PET: rigid polyethylene terephthalate tray. In the third experiment the melons were wrapped in several packaging materials with active modified atmosphere (5% O2 + 20% CO2 + 75% N2) and stored at 3ºC. The packaging materials were: BB-200: Cryovac multlayer film 65mm; PBC: Probag Conservax polyolephinic film 64mm and PP: polypropylene film 52 mm. Melons wrapped in packaging with perforations were used as control. The gas permeability of each film was determined. In the first experiment physical-chemical and sensorial characteristics were determined each 3 days during 9 days. In the second experiment gases composition analyses were monitoring during 8 days and in the 9 th day physical-chemical and sensorial characteristics were determined. In the third experiment physical-chemical, sensorial and microbiological characteristics and the gas composition were evaluated each 3 days during 12 days. Cut types did not influence the melon quality. The storage at 3ºC had higher efficiency maintaining firmness and sensorial characteristics. Films AFG and HP had high rate permeability to O2 and CO2 and practically did not allow atmosphere modification. Films PD-900, PEBD, PP and BB-200 had the smallest rate permeability to gases, even when the modification of the interior atmosphere of these films was small. The rigid packaging despite high permeability rate to the gases, promoted large atmosphere modification, probably due to the smallest relationship permeation area of the packaging: melon mass, but gases balance happened only after the 6 th day. The physical-chemical characteristics were maintained in all films, while the sensorial characteristics were maintained only the PET packing. Modified atmosphere by injection of 5% of O2 + 20% CO2 + 75% N2 showed low influence in the physical-chemical and sensorial characteristics. It was found that the gaseous mixture (independent of the packaging) restricted the microorganisms growth while control showed high mesophilics bacteria count after the 9 th day.

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melão embalagens de alimentos armazenamento refrigerado melon qualidade dos alimentos cold storage food quality processamento de alimentos food package food processing

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