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Introduction Any substance containing nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that can be ingested by a living organism and metabolized into energy and body tissue is considered as food. Importance of fruits and vegetables in human diet is well recognized. Man cannot live on cereals. Fruit and vegetables are essential for balance diet...
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Nowadays the problem of food quality becomes the topic of a public debate more often and its importance in a daily life of consumers constantly increases. Compliance with relevant production conditions ensures elimination of all poisonings and infections caused by intake of food having substances or germs that have harmful effect on health and life...
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... Fruits are one of the best natural foods and are typically consumed raw. Apart from being a structure for supporting and protecting seeds for the continuity of plant life, fruits are a major source of dietary fibres as well as minerals and vitamins, complex carbohydrates, and water (Wargovich, 2000;Ogwu et al., 2016a;2016b;Khan, et al., 2017). The physiological process of ripening makes the fruit edible, palatable, and nourishing. ...
The use of calcium carbide (CaC2) to ripen Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck and other non-climacteric fruit is prevalent in parts of the Global South. However, little to no information exists about the potential effects and risks associated with such practices. Hence, it is necessary to determine if contaminants like arsenic that are associated with CaC2 accumulate significantly in orange juices after they are ripened with the chemical. Fresh mature but unripe C. sinensis were harvested from an orchard in Benin City, Nigeria, and exposed to the different concentrations (1.0, 2.5, and 5.0 g) of dry and wet CaC2 in small lidded cylindrical containers with a surface area of 1507.96 cm2. In each container, three oranges were placed while the control setup was allowed to naturally ripen. The control oranges began to ripen on the 7th day, with severe colour loss, whereas the oranges treated with 5.0 g CaC2 (dry) began to ripen on the second day. However, there were already signs of rotting by the sixth day. Even though the orange exposed to 5.0 g CaC2 (wet) began to ripen after 24 h, there were no symptoms of fruit degradation after one week. Moreover, in oranges ripened with CaC2, there was a large deposition of arsenic. The dried and wet-CaC2-exposed oranges showed no significant variations in arsenic accumulation. It was found that the oranges contain 2.15 mg/L juice and 2.06 mg/L peel material. The use of CaC2 for fruit ripening is discouraged and could contribute to reducing the incidence of cancer, skin lesions, poor cognitive development, and non-communicable diseases like diabetes caused by arsenic exposure.
... This system can reduce the temperature of plants by 10 to 15˚C and maintain almost 90% high humidity. Therefore, ZECC helps maintain the quality of perishable products and extend their shelf life [71]. The details of the structure are shown in Figure 12. ...
... These techniques are commonly used in industries. Examples: high temperature pretreatment, moderate temperature conditioning, CO 2 treatment before or during storage, intermittent reheating, controlled atmosphere storage (CAS), modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and vacuum packaging [71]. ...
... A system can be designed to initially filter the air to reduce oxygen content, then inject carbon dioxide or allow it to build up creating respiration. This atmosphere can also be maintained by washing and ventilating [71]. Figure 13 presents a pictorial view of Controlled atmosphere room. ...
... Low storage temperature can protect nonappearance quality attributes like texture, nutrition, aroma and flavor (Paull, 1999). Source: (Khan et al., 2017). ...
Fruits and vegetables are highly perishable in nature and have a very short shelf-life. During different handling and marketing procedures, there is massive post-harvest loss of horticulture produce, either or both qualitative and quantitative, between harvest and consumption. Factors affecting post-harvest losses differ with topography, varieties of crops, climate, etc. and are difficult to understand. Considering the fact, the present study aims to describe the status of post-harvest losses of horticultural produce and their potential management techniques. Secondary data is used to collect the related information. The demand of high-quality horticulture produce is increasing due to its healthy nutrition. Post-harvest management of the produce includes pre- and post-harvest practices, their handling, packaging, storage, distribution, and marketing. The storage life and marketable quality of the produce can be maximized by limiting (not stopping) the respiration and transpiration through proper control of temperature and relative humidity of the produce. The right selection of packaging materials and technologies play vital role in maintaining product quality and freshness during storage and distribution. Moreover, the innovative techniques like modified active packaging, active and intelligent packaging, controlled atmospheric storage, and use of antimicrobial could extend the shelf life of produce to a significant time. This review mainly focuses on the causes of qualitative and quantitative losses of horticulture produce along with the effective measures to control the losses in Nepalese context. It emphasized on the adoption of innovative technologies to improve the storage life, marketable quality and freshness of the produce.
... Such practices can avoid middlemen or intermediaries in retail chains for small and marginal farmers by storing produce for a few days. National Horticulture Board is also giving farmers a grant aid of 100% for ZECC (Khan et al., 2017). The details of construction, operation and precautions are given below (Kale et al., 2016;Khan et al., 2017). ...
... National Horticulture Board is also giving farmers a grant aid of 100% for ZECC (Khan et al., 2017). The details of construction, operation and precautions are given below (Kale et al., 2016;Khan et al., 2017). ...
... A system can be designed which initially flushes gases to lower the oxygen content and after that either injects carbon dioxide or allows it to cumulate through produce respiration. This atmosphere can then be maintained by scrubbing and ventilation (Khan et al., 2017). Table 2 describes the recommended conditions for some fruits and vegetables for which CAS is commercially used (Kader, 1992). ...
Most of the horticultural crops are seasonal, having a relatively short harvesting season, and most of them are highly perishable. Hence, proper storage of the horticultural crops using appropriate methods would prolong their availability. The present article gives details about various storage structures classified into two categories, i.e., traditional storage/low-cost storage technologies and improved methods/ modern methods /high-cost storage technologies. Traditional storage structures can be beneficial for farmers needing a small-scale storage system. These systems include in-situ storage, sand and coir, clamps, pits, cellars, ventilated storage, and evaporative cooling. On the other hand, modern methods include refrigerated storages like cold storages, environment-controlled storage (controlled atmospheric storage), modified atmosphere storage, and hypobaric storage. All the storage methods are equally important and can provide high revenue to the farmers and food industries.
... Food preservation, storage, and transport, including timely delivery to consumers, are important to food security, especially for the majority of people throughout the world who rely on others to produce their food. Many fruits have medical purpose; Proper food storage helps maintain food quality by retaining flavor, color, texture and nutrients, while reducing the chance of contracting a food-borne illness 38 . ...
Papaya (Carica papaya) is a tropical fruit having commercial importance because of its high
nutritive and medicinal value. Papaya is a power house of nutrients and is available throughout
the year. It is a rich source of threes powerful antioxidant vitamin C, vitamin A and vitamin E;
the minerals, magnesium and potassium; the B vitamin pantothenic acid and fiber. Handling
papaya fruit post harvest is to prepare the fruits for market and also to preserve the fruits quality
so it can present on market as it demands. Food preservation has long been an on-going
challenge for human with the methods like, drying, salting and fermentation being traditionally
done for preservation. The process of impregnation with sugar must not be hurried because
otherwise, the fruit would shrivel an unfit for glazing and crystallizing. The preservation of food
in common salt or in vinegar is known as pickling. It is one of the most ancient methods of
preservation of fruits. Drying may contribute to the deterioration of both the eating quality and
the nutritive value of a food product.
... Food preservation, storage, and transport, including timely delivery to consumers, are important to food security, especially for the majority of people throughout the world who rely on others to produce their food. Many fruits have medical purpose; Proper food storage helps maintain food quality by retaining flavor, color, texture and nutrients, while reducing the chance of contracting a food-borne illness 38 . ...
Inventory management is vital for maintaining the efficiency of supply chain management. Fruits and vegetables being perishable in nature should involve inventory management to avoid wastage and loss in terms of over stocking and stock out situations. The present study focuses on the role of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered inventory management of fruits and vegetables at HOPCOMS, a cooperative society founded in Bangalore. In the road to satisfy the customers, it is necessary for the society to come up with different strategies to manage the inventories in which a retailer confronts overstock and stock out situation, affecting the profit of the society. Therefore, a study was conducted with the help of structured questionnaire among 122 retailers of HOPCOMS outlets in Bangalore. The results obtained from the study suggest that inventory valuation method positively influences AI-powered demand forecasting and customer order fulfillment, and AI-powered demand forecasting is positively related to customer order fulfillment.
