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COMPARISON OF MARKET CONTAINERS FOR COOLING AND STORING MUSHROOMS.

Author(s) : NOBLE R.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE SUITABILITY OF 4 TYPES OF CONTAINER WAS ASSESSED FOR MOIST AIR COOLING OF MUSHROOMS (AGARICUS SP) BY RECORDING (1) COOLING PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCE WEIGHT LOSS IN A BIOTECH MOIST AIR COOLER ; AND (2) SUBSEQUENT SHELF LIFE OF THE PRODUCE DURING COLD STORAGE. THE CONTAINERS WERE COMPOSED OF EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE, LATTICE INJECTION-MOULDED PLASTIC, PRESSURE-FORMED PLASTIC AND INJECTION-MOULDED PLASTIC. THE LAST 2 TYPES WERE ALSO ASSESSED IN A PLASTIC CARRYING CRATE HOLDING 2 CONTAINERS. ALL BUT THE PRESSURE-FORMED PLASTIC CONTAINERS WERE FOUND TO BE SUITABLE, WIHT NO SERIOUS DEFECTS. THE DIFFERENCES IN HALF COOLING TIME WERE SMALL BETWEEN INDIVIDUALLY STACKED CONTAINERS, BUT THE CONTAINERS STACKED IN CARRYING CRATES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER HALF COOLING TIMES (OVER 35 MINUTES). MUSHROOM WEIGHT LOSS DURING RAPID COOLING WAS LEAST IN EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE AND IN PRESSURE-FORMED CONTAINERS AND WAS GREATEST IN LATTICE CONTAINERS. (POSTHARVEST NEWS INF., GB., 2, N 3, 1991/06, 1030.

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  • Original title: COMPARISON OF MARKET CONTAINERS FOR COOLING AND STORING MUSHROOMS.
  • Record ID : 1992-1180
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Mushroom J. - n. 213
  • Publication date: 1990
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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