Use of modified atmosphere package in seafood preservation

Authors

  • Raquel Lima Salgado
  • Juliana de Castro Beltrão da Costa
  • Fernanda Lima Cunha
  • Rogério Tortelly
  • Sérgio Borges Mano

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Keywords:

modified atmosphere; fished; shelf-life

Abstract

Fish are highly perishable foods, and in normal conditions of refrigeration, the shelf life of these products is limited by the enzymatic and microbiological processes of deterioration. In function of the reduced shelf-life, the increasing demand for fresh products, and still, with the necessity of reduction of costs related to the energy used in the processes of refrigeration and freezing, is justified searchs for technologies that allow an increase in the shelf-life of highly perishable foods and with high proteic text, as fish. An alternative to solve this problem is the use of modified atmosphere packaging. The objective of this review is to elucidate how the modified atmosphere packaging can influence the shelf-life of the seafood, for delaying the modifications that characterize the loss of its quality.

Published

2015-09-08

Issue

Section

Tecnologia de alimentos

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