Claim · model-written summary
Delayed use of modified atmosphere bags offered little or no pear quality advantage regardless of prior storage type.
- Treatment
- use of modified atmosphere bags was delayede0
- Outcome
- quality advantagee0
- Direction
- Little or noe0
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Verbatim
e0“Little or no quality advantage was evident if use of modified atmosphere bags was delayed regardless of prior storage type”
t0““BARTLETT” PEARS”
Title
QUALITY OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGED “BARTLETT” PEARS AS INFLUENCED BY TIME AND TYPE OF STORAGE
S.R. DRAKE; S.R. DRAKE; D.C. ELFVING; et al. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4549.2004.23051.x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Modified atmosphere bags improved pear quality relative to normal packaging in regular atmosphere storage.
- Intervention effect Pear quality in modified atmosphere bags equaled controlled atmosphere storage for 90 days.
- Observation Pear quality deteriorated in modified atmosphere bags under controlled atmosphere within 45 days.
- Recommendation The authors recommend storing pears in modified atmosphere bags only in regular atmosphere.