Application of Sealed Flezible Vacuum-Hermetic Storage System for Quality Preservation of Turkish Red Chili Pepper
In this study hermetic and vacuum storage methods were tested under small commer-cial scale by comparison with traditional storage methods in the warehouse, assessing the quality param-eters of Turkish red chili peppers(RCP). One ton of crushed and mechanically dried RCP with maxi-mum 10 1% of moisture content were stored for 7 months under a low pressure of 80 -100 mm Hg,sealed hermetic conditions with traditional storage method (open piles in warehouses) used as control.Basic quality parameters related to moisture contents, color, microbial loads and aflatoxin, were deter-mined before storage and after 7 months storage. Field scale trials indicated that the best quality red chili pepper resulted from vacuum storage with very low changes in quality parameters（pungency,col-our, aflatoxin). Although hermetic storage resulted in high level losses of colour, microbial growth and aflatoxin contamination were prevented, and the pungency of red chili pepper was preserved. This study successfully demonstrated the feasibility of commercial application of hermetic and vacuum storage technology for long-term storage of red chili pepper for the first time in the world. Vacuum technology was proven to he an effective, chemical-free and economical method to disinfest commodities of insects,to inhibit the development of moulds,aflatoxin occurrence and to prevent quality damage of red chili pepper due to the oxidative and fermentative processes. In conclusion, this small scale commercial stud-y indicates that sealed flexible vacuum-hermetic storage technology offered potentially significant ad-vantages over traditional storage methods in ability to enhance preservation of quality parameters such as colour,pungency and control of aflatoxin of RCP for long-term storage.
red chili pepper aflatozin colour Capsaicin vacuum hermetic storage
Ali Arda IsIKBER Serdar (O)ZTEKIN Ahmet Do(g)an DUMAN Sinan DAYISOYLU Yurtsever SOYSAL
Kahramanmara Sütcü Imam University, Agricultural Faculty, Plant Protection Dept., 46060 Kahramanmara Cukurova University,Agricultural Faculty, Farm Machinery Dept.,01330 Adana, Turkey, Kaharamanmaras Sütcü Imam University, Agricultural Faculty, Food Science Dept., 46060 Kahramanmaras, Mustafa Kemal University,Agricultural Faculty, Farm Machinery Dept.,31034 Hatay, Turkey
国际会议
成都
英文
387-393
2008-09-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）