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Evaluating the Performance of Coconut Fiber and Wood Straw as Cushioning Materials to Reduce Injuries of Papaya and Mango during Transportation


 
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1. Title Title of document Evaluating the Performance of Coconut Fiber and Wood Straw as Cushioning Materials to Reduce Injuries of Papaya and Mango during Transportation
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Clívia Danúbia Pinho da Costa Castro; University of Campinas, Faculty of Food Engineering, Department of Food Technology, Rua Monteiro Lobato, Campinas, SP, Brazil
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country José de Assis Fonseca Faria; University of Campinas, Faculty of Food Engineering, Department of Food Technology, Rua Monteiro Lobato, Campinas, SP, Brazil
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Tiago Bassani Hellmeister Dantas; Packaging Technology Center – CETEA/ITAL, Av. Brasil, Campinas, SP, Brazil
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country (doi: 10.23953/cloud.ijapt.10)
 
3. Subject Discipline(s)
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Natural Fiber; Cushioning; Transport Packaging; Fruit Injuries
 
4. Description Abstract For the purpose to explore more ecologically sound alternatives as cushioning materials to protect fruits against injury during transport, the objective of the research was to evaluate the performance of coconut fiber and wood straw during the simulated transport of papayas and mangoes. Tests were carried out to simulate the transport of fruits in corrugated paperboard boxes in three different packaging systems: (1) with no cushioning, (2) with coconut fiber and (3) with wood straw. Physical and physiological behaviors of papaya and mango throughout transport and storage period were studied, and the rate of injuries, weight loss, skin color and respiration rate were quantified. The results showed that the coconut fiber was more efficient than wood straw in the prevention of pulp injuries, but not in prevention of abrasions on papaya surface. In mangoes, no significant differences were found between the two cushioning materials.
 
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6. Contributor Sponsor(s) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Brazilian Scientific Research Council (CNPq)
 
7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2014-04-30
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier http://technical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJAPT/article/view/Tech-246
 
10. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.23953/Tech-246
 
11. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) International Journal of Advanced Packaging Technology; Vol 2, No 1 (2014)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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