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Food Quality and Shelf Life

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Optimizing Film Permeation for<br />

Cut Fruits <strong>and</strong> Vegetables<br />

• Senescence <strong>and</strong> decay are closely related to<br />

– temperature<br />

– ethylene exposure<br />

– composition of the surrounding atmosphere<br />

• Atmosphere composition relates to<br />

– respiration rate<br />

– package permeability & Permselectivity<br />

– film permeability & area/product mass ratio

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