Fresh mushroom treatment
AssigneePennwalt Corporation
InventorBhalchandra Anantray Dave
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Abstract
Fresh mushrooms are given improved shelf-life by controlled sequential treatments with an aqueous buffered chlorine solution and an aqueous sulfur dioxide solution; thereafter, the mushrooms are dried and stored without freezing at reduced temperature and high humidity.
Claims8
A method for treating fresh mushrooms comprising first washing said mushrooms with an aqueous, free-chlorine containing solution in an amount sufficient to remove adhered soil and at a solution concentration of free-chlorine sufficient to reduce slime forming organisms thereon, then treating said mushrooms with an aqueous solution containing sulfur dioxide at a concentration sufficient to neutralize chlorine present thereon and to whiten said mushrooms, drying said mushrooms and storing the dried mushrooms without freezing at a temperature ranging from 0.degree. to about 8.degree. C. and a relative humidity of at least 80%.
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