Abstract
Summary Fresh strawberries were evaluated through a commercial supply chain, from harvest to immediately prior to retail display. These samples were compared with controls that were refrigerated immediately after harvest and kept at a constant temperature for the same period of time. Temperature data were collected throughout all stages of the supply chain. Moisture and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) contents were determined at selected points of the supply chain using recognised methodology. Significant differences were found in the vitamin C concentrations of fresh strawberries at various stages of the supply chain but not in their moisture content. The ascorbic acid concentration decreased with time spent in the supply chain in all trials but the absolute vitamin C content differed from trial to trial. This result indicates that both pre‐ and post‐harvest factors influence the vitamin C content of fresh strawberries available to consumers on the retail market.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Vitamin C concentration differed significantly among supply chain stages.
- Taxon
- strawberries
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Outcome
- vitamin C concentrationse0
- Direction
- differencese0
- Setting
- supply chaine0
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Verbatim
e0“Significant differences were found in the vitamin C concentrations of fresh strawberries at various stages of the supply chain”
Claim · model-written summary
Moisture content did not differ significantly among supply chain stages.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- moisture contente0
- Direction
- note0
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Verbatim
e0“but not in their moisture content.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid concentration decreased with time in the supply chain in all trials.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- all trialse0
- Setting
- supply chaine0
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Verbatim
e0“The ascorbic acid concentration decreased with time spent in the supply chain in all trials”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Absolute vitamin C content differed among trials.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- absolute vitamin C contente0
- Direction
- differede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the absolute vitamin C content differed from trial to trial.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer that both preharvest and postharvest factors influence strawberry vitamin C content at retail.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassae0
- Outcome
- vitamin C contente0
- Qualifier
- pre‐ and post‐harvest factorse0
- Setting
- retail markete0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“both pre‐ and post‐harvest factors influence the vitamin C content of fresh strawberries available to consumers on the retail market.”