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What Are Brix Measurements and Are They Crucial in Fresh Produce?
Brix is the most common unit used in the food and beverage industry. Brix measurement is helpful in crop production, scheduling harvest, quality control, marketing, and processing. The use of Brix is widespread because it is easy and inexpensive, and it can be used in fields, storerooms, during transit, in shops, and in processors. Nondestructive… Continue reading…
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What are Harvest Maturity Indices? Why are they Important?
Harvest maturity indices can be fresh produce’s physical, chemical, physiological, or chronological attributes. The choice of harvest maturity indices will differ and must be based on species and economics. The optimum methods to measure harvest indices are objective, quantitative, non-destructive, and easy to use. Fresh produce suffers the maximum loss and waste. One reason is… Continue reading…
How to Use Mango Harvest Maturity Indices to Improve Fruit Quality and Yield
The mango harvest maturity indices can be physical, computational, physiological, and biochemical attributes. Physical indices are simple but subjective and unreliable. Biochemical harvest maturity indices are the most reliable, and standard NIR spectroscopy-based non-destructive estimation methods are the best. Mango fruits must be harvested at optimum maturity to continue developing internal and external quality attributes… Continue reading…
How Fruit Quality Monitoring Improves Sustainability and Reduces Food Loss
Fruit quality monitoring is an integral part of the fresh produce supply chain. Fruit quality monitoring improves productivity and reduces food loss on farm and postharvest stages to enhance food security and responsible production. The environmental impacts indirectly through quality monitoring are reduced carbon footprint, less water resource depletion and pollution, and better biodiversity protection… Continue reading…
How Degreening of Citrus Fruits Enhances Appearance and Quality
Artificial degreening changes only citrus peel color and does not affect other quality parameters. Several citrus factors, like maturity at harvest and cultivar-specific ethylene sensitivity, will influence degreening success. Postharvest degreening is the standard procedure and requires careful consideration of cultivars to determine atmosphere conditions, ethylene concentrations, and exposure duration to achieve the desired results.… Continue reading…
How to Improve Mango Quality: Latest Research Findings from 2023
Research on mango in 2023 focuses on finetuning available information, whether postharvest treatment or optimizing chemometric models. Studies are increasingly focused on investigating underlying enzyme activity and gene expressions to find why and how observed quality changes occur. The emphasis is on optimizing quality not just for profits but also to make food production more… Continue reading…
Unlocking Kiwifruit Secrets: Introducing the 2024 Update of the F-751 Kiwifruit Quality Meter
Dive into the heart of food quality technology with our recent webinar, spotlighting the groundbreaking update to the F-751 Kiwifruit Quality Meter. Hosted by Galen Geroge, our Director of Applied Science at Felix Instruments. This session is a must-watch for professionals and enthusiasts alike who are keen on the latest advancements in food quality assessment.… Continue reading…
