Revestimentos comestíveis na conservação pós-colheita de morangos cultivar Camarosa produzidos em sistema orgânico e convencional
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2014-04-14
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Pereira Junior, Paulo Cesar da Silva
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
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Post-harvest losses of fruits promote rising cost of goods and reduce consumer offering. Its main causes are in the collection, transportation and inadequate storage. The application of edible coatings along with reducing the storage temperature is one of the methods used for post-harvest conservation of products with short shelf life, such as fruits and vegetables. The strawberry is a fruit mainly consumed in natura. Thus, it is promising the use edible coating to increase its period of storage and marketing, without changing the flavor, the color and aroma of the fruit. The organic production compared to conventional production may differ, so it is interesting the study of forms of cultivation. This study aimed to evaluate the post-harvest conservation of strawberry cv. Camarosa, originating from organic and conventional cultivation coated with edible coatings. The strawberries were coated with cassava starch, gelatin and carnauba wax, stored for 10 days at 10ºC. Every 2 days of storage were determined mass loss, soluble solids, pH, titratable acidity, firmness, total anthocyanins and fungal rot. Sensory analysis was performed to verify acceptance of strawberries and to evaluate the influence of the information in this acceptance. The mass loss was higher in organic farming from the 8th day of storage, reaching 11.47% against 8.88% in the conventional till end of the 10th day of storage. The coating which allowed smaller mass loss was the carnauba wax as it relates to control. Fungal contamination began on the 4th day of storage in both types of cultivation. On the 8th day of storage, differences in the rottenness were observed between types of cultivation, being the organic more visually contaminated. The coating of carnauba wax showed smaller fungal rottenness compared to other coatings, but did not differ from the control sample. The physico-chemical variables, only the soluble solids differ between types of farming, and conventional strawberry which showed higher values. The anthocyanin content of strawberries coated with cassava starch differed from control, but the coating did not differ from starch coated with gelatin and carnauba wax. Differences were observed in fruit firmness compared to coatings. Over time differences were observed in the pH, in the content of anthocyanins and firmness. The coating with carnauba wax was more appropriate compared with the others coatings, but its appearance shown with poor brightness and whitish. The evaluated fruits showed a postharvest life of approximately 6 days. The strawberries, from the microbiological point of view, proved suitable for consumption. Acceptance of strawberries was good and it did not show significant differences between organic and conventional strawberry. The labelling "organic strawberry" and the presentation of additional information text did not influence acceptance of strawberries. Among the tested coating, the carnauba wax was more applicable and the others coatings tested did not show good results.
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Organic strawberries , Edible coating , Carnauba wax , Revestimento comestível , Gelatin , Gelatina , Cassava starch , Fécula de mandioca , Sensory analysis , Análise sensorial