Hemijska industrija 2014 Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages: 289-295
https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND130226053R
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The influence of packaging materials protective properties and applying modified atmosphere on packed dried apricot quality changes
Ranđelović Dobrila (College of Agriculture and Food Technology, Prokuplje)
Lazić Vera (Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad)
Tepić Aleksandra (Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad)
Mošić Ivana (College of Agriculture and Food Technology, Prokuplje)
The influence of protective properties of packaging materials and modified
atmosphere on quality changes of dried apricot is shown in this paper. In our
investigation, we used four different characteristic combinations of
packaging materials with different barrier properties for packaging of dried
apricot: polyester-polyethylene (PET/PE), paper-polyethylene (PAP/PE),
paper-aluminum-polyethylene (PAP/Al/PE), polyester-aluminum-polyethylene
(PET/Al/PE) and two different atmospheric conditions: normal and modified.
Modified atmosphere was made in laboratory conditions: CO2 about 30%, N2
about 60%, and the rest is O2. Over the 12-month storage period, the changes
in the water content, water activity (aw) and overall polyphenol content were
monitored in the packed product.
Keywords: packaging, modified atmosphere, dried apricot