Costas E. Stathopoulos

TL;DR: The best temperature and time combination for catechin extraction was at 80°C for 30 min and the yield was optimal with a tea particle size of 1 mm, a brewing solution pH <6 and a tea-to-water ratio at 50:1 (mL/g).

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of process variables (pea starch, guar gum and glycerol) on the viscosity (V), solubility (SOL), moisture content (MC), transparency (TR), Hunter parameters (L, a, and b), total color difference (ΔE), yellowness index (YI), and whiteness index (WI) of the pea starch based edible films was studied using three factors with three level Box-Behnken response surface design.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared a commercial wax (CW) and uncoated fruit on post-harvest quality of Valencia oranges held for up to four weeks at 20°C and 5°C with an additional storage for 7 d at 20°C.

TL;DR: The study emphasises the recent progress of postharvest technology, such as controlled/modified atmosphere storage, edible coatings, irradiation, and biological control agents, to maintain sweet cherries for the fresh market and considers using second class cherries including cherry stems as a source of bioactive compound extraction.

TL;DR: Results showed that the films containing plasticizers with higher functional groups had lower equilibrium moisture content at aw <0.4, and a reduction in tensile strength and Young's modulus and an increase in elongation at break were detected when molecular weight of plasticizers and relative humidity increased in all film formulations.