Claim · model-written summary
Dark storage caused the greatest color change, Δ E = 7.30.
- Taxon
- spinach
Spinacia oleraceat0 - Treatment
- Dark storagee0
- Outcome
- color changee0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Value
- 7.30e0
- Comparator
- LED‐treated samplese0
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Verbatim
e0“Dark storage caused the greatest color change (Δ E = 7.30), whereas LED‐treated samples better maintained color ( p < 0.05).”
t0“Spinach”
Title
Optimizing Spinach Shelf Life and Nutritional Quality Using Targeted LED Light Treatments
Shafieh Salehinia; Sarah MacPherson; Kam Hammad; et al. Journal of Food Science 2026. doi:10.1111/1750-3841.71171
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Dark storage had the highest moisture loss, 22.8%, by Day 18.
- Intervention effect The 530 nm LED treatment had the lowest moisture loss, 8.3%, by Day 18.
- Intervention effect LED treatment maintained color better than dark storage.
- Intervention effect Overall visual quality under darkness fell below marketability by Day 6.
- Intervention effect All LED treatments preserved spinach marketability until Day 10.
- Intervention effect The 530 nm LEDs produced the highest overall visual quality scores.
- Intervention effect Mixed-green LEDs increased anthocyanin content by 46.9% against darkness.
- Intervention effect Total phenolics were higher under 530 nm LEDs than initial values, without significant differences.
- Intervention effect Total phenolics were higher under mixed-green LEDs than initial values, without significant differences.
- Intervention effect Mixed-green LEDs produced the highest flavonoid content.
- Observation Chlorophyll and carotenoids remained stable across treatments.
- Association Moisture loss was negatively correlated with overall visual quality (r = −0.735).
- Recommendation The authors suggest low-intensity green LEDs in display fridges to maintain spinach appearance, nutrition and shelf life.