introduction: in iran, the main problem in greenhouse cucumber production and post-harvest shelf life is short due to the application of traditional packaging and storage methods. this research was carried out in order to investigate on the effects of packaging type and chitosan edible coating on the physicochemical and sensory characteristics of royal greenhouse cucumber during storage conditi...

Recently, consumers have become more concerned with foods contain natural ingredients in terms of health and economic. Hence, in this study the effect of concentrate of smoked and sun dried raisin at 3 levels (1, 3 and 5%) as a natural humectant to improve the quality and shelf life of flat bread were investigated. Results showed that addition of smoked and sun dried raisin improved quality and...

Recently, consumers have become more concerned with foods contain natural ingredients in terms of health and economic. Hence, in this study, the effects of concentrate of smoked and sun dried raisin were investigated at 3 levels (1, 3 and 5%) as a natural humectant to improve the quality and shelf life of flat bread. Results showed that addition of smoked and sun dried raisin improved quality a...

background and objectives: pulsed electric field (pef) is a novel emerging technology which is believed to have the potential to substitute conventional thermal pasteurization (htst). in the current study pef was compared with htst based on microbial inactivation and quality attributes. materials and methods: juice was prepared by extracting it from semirum apples. they were chilled to 4ºc over...

colour is one of the most important quality factors that can influence and determine the shelf life of canned chicken kebab. colour change is considered as unsuitable distasteful to consumers, indicating the end of a product's shelf life. in this study quality aspects of samples were examined over one month intervals after being prepared and while being stored under accelerated (44 °c) con...

pistachio nut is one of the most important export crops in iran. for prevention of rancidity and to ensure good quality, pistachio must be harvested in a short time and be prepared for drying in 24h.the ohadi variety of iranian raw dry pistachio nuts was selected for the experiments. instrumental hardness and sensory characteristics of pistachio nuts such as: flavor , texture and total acceptan...