Background and Objectives: Edible parts of pomegranate fruits are a rich source of bioactive compounds. The present research examines the effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the fruit physico-chemical and microbial properties of two commercial pomegranate cultivars grown in Iran. Materials and Methods: The arils were packaged and stored under four different atmospheres. All of the pac...

Higlights ► Interval analysis is proposed to study error propagation in MAP modelling for 3 fresh produce ► Results are compared to a probabilistic Monte-Carlo approach ► Low computational costs to estimate upper and lower O2 and CO2 limits ► MAP optimisation generates robust solutions for O2 and CO2 permeabilities, expressed as fuzzy sets ► Experimental efforts should focus on produce physiolo...