Preserving fresh fruits and vegetables like picking

The new film forming technology allows to keep fresh fruits and vegetables as new.

This research product of the Institute of Agricultural Electrical Engineering and post-harvest technology - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

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This technology is applied experimentally on Vinh cam in Dong Tao commune - Khoai Chau (Hung Yen). This is the second time this locality has applied this technology with fruits such as Vinh orange, Dien grapefruit .

Creating biological membrane to preserve fruits (Photo: Hung Yen Newspaper)

Through experimentation, simple and convenient ways of doing things; Post-harvest products are very fresh, regular fruits, bright yellow, stalks are still green, no stalks are lost, about 90% of form is compared to when picking. When the orange tonic, keep the aroma of essential oil of Vinh as recently harvested.

Membrane preparation is a liquid that can be used directly by spraying, rubbing, dipping, rolling the plate to create a thin layer on the surface of the fruit.

Membrane products are capable of slowing respiration, reducing natural dehydration, slowing ripening or aging of fruits, keeping fruits quality, less variation in hardness and smell.

According to Dr. Nguyen Duy Lam, Institute of Agricultural Electrical Engineering and Post-harvest Technology - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said: materials for producing membrane compositions include: Beeswax, petals, fatty acids, ammonia solutions . One liter of inoculants 0.5 - 1 ton of fruit can be preserved.

The outstanding advantage of this technology is that it is inexpensive and easy to use due to the simple technology applied, does not require high-level human resources, wide scale of application because it can produce concentrated and household scale, environmentally friendly, safe for users .

Currently, the first production technology processes of 200 tons / year in Vietnam have started to operate.