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US 2021/0329933 A1Published application
Method for increasing shelf life of fruit
OwnerGraham Alexander Younginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the shelf life of fruit comprising the steps of: treating a fruit with UV light from a UV light source, packaging the fruit in packaging film that allows the fruit to be stored in a modified atmosphere within the packaging film, and storing the packaged fruit, wherein the fruit has a high dry-matter content.
Claims42
A method for increasing the shelf life of fruit comprising the steps of:
- i) treating a fruit with UV light from a UV light source,
- ii) packaging the fruit in packaging film that allows the fruit to be stored in a modified atmosphere within the packaging film, and
- iii) storing the packaged fruit,
- wherein the fruit has a high dry-matter content;
- wherein the packaging film is a modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film, wherein the MAP film has an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of about 8000 cc/m2/day to about 17500 cc/m2/day;
- and
- wherein the method is capable of increasing the shelf life of the packaged fruit by at least 1 day or 2 days when the packaged fruit is stored at a chilled temperature;
- and/or
- wherein the method is capable of increasing the shelf life of the packaged fruit by at least 1 day or 2 days when the packaged fruit is stored at an ambient temperature;
- and/or
- wherein the method is capable of increasing the shelf life of the packaged fruit by at least 1 day or 2 days when the packaged fruit is first stored at a chilled temperature followed by storage at an ambient temperature.
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A packaged fruit prepared by the method according to any one of the preceding claims.
A fruit packaging apparatus having
- a) a UV light source;
- b) a fruit packer comprising a packaging film wherein said fruit packer is configured to package a fruit in the packaging film that allows the fruit to be stored in a modified atmosphere within the packaging film;
- c) a surface for holding the fruit wherein the surface is movable between the UV light source and the fruit packer so that the fruit can be exposed to the UV light source and fruit packer sequentially;
- wherein the packaging film is a MAP film, wherein the MAP film has an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of about 8000 cc/m2/day to about 17500 cc/m2/day.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.