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Promising applications of cold plasma for microbial safety,chemical decontamination and quality enhancement in fruits |
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| Authors: | SA Mir MW Siddiqui BN Dar MA Shah MH Wani S Roohinejad GA Annor K Mallikarjunan CF Chin A Ali |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Food Science & Technology, Government College for Women, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India;2. Department of Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, India;3. Department of Food Science and Technology, Government College for Women, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India;4. Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Pulwama, India;5. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Division of Food and Nutrition, Burn and Wound Healing Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;6. Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology (CEPB), School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Abstract: | Consumers’ demand is increasing for safe foods without impairing the phytochemical and sensory quality. In turn, it has increased research interest in the exploration of innovative food processing technologies. Cold plasma technology is getting popularity now days owing to its high efficacy in decontamination of microbes in fruit and fruit-based products. As a on-thermal approach, plasma processing maintains the quality of fruits and minimizes the thermal effects on nutritional properties. Cold plasma is also exploited for inactivating enzymes and degrading pesticides as both are directly related with quality loss and presently are most important concerns in fresh produce industry. The present review covers the influence of cold plasma technology on reducing microbial risks and enhancing the quality attributes in fruits. |
| Keywords: | cold plasma exposure time fruit decontamination fruit quality pesticide degradation |