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KMID : 0665220070200030295
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Korean Journal of Food and Nutrition
2007 Volume.20 No. 3 p.295 ~ p.303
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Quality Evaluation of Fresh-cut Market Products by Season
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Cho Sun-Duk
Youn Soo-Jin
Kim Dong-Man
Kim Gun-Hee
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Abstract
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As a result of life-style changes, consumer’s concerns of food have shifted from calories and nutrition to health and convenience. Fresh-cut products are one such new direction for fruit and vegetable consumption. In this study, the vitamin C, mineral, and pesticide contents of various fresh-cut products were analyzed. According to sensory evaluations, the key reason for a lower than expected overall acceptability of many fresh-cut products is that they are likely to have browning and can easily lose their freshness. Also, the sensory evaluation showed that shriveling, the degree of browning, softening around the cut edge, and off-flavors were the primary factors affecting the quality of fresh-cut products. As a nutritional factor of quality, vitamin C content was not practical with regard to fresh-cut lettuce because the level was very low. For product safety, residual pesticides were detected in the fresh-cut products, but the results showed that all items were under permitted levels and considered safe. In evaluation of the microbial levels of the fresh-cut market products, the levels of viable cells, mold, yeast, coliform bacteria, and enterobacteriaceae were not significantly different based on the summer and winter seasons. The levels of S. aureus and Listeria spp. in the products were higher during the summer season than the winter.
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KEYWORD
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fresh-cut products, lettuce, quality evaluation, season
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