Exploring the World of Post-Harvest Post-harvest is a critical phase in the life cycle of agricultural products, encompassing all activities that occur after harvesting until the product reaches the end consumer. This stage is crucial for maintaining the quality, freshness, and nutritional value of food. What Is Post-Harvest, and Why Is It Important? The term …
The Importance of Post-Harvest in Agriculture Post-harvest is a critical stage in agriculture that determines the final quality and shelf life of agricultural products. From the moment crops are harvested until they reach the consumer, each step in the post-harvest process plays a vital role in preserving the freshness, flavor, and nutritional value of food. …
The harvest and postharvest of berries are crucial phases to ensure the quality and shelf life of these fruits. Here are some important aspects of these stages: Optimal Berry Harvest Time Berries should be harvested when fully ripe, as they do not continue to ripen after being picked. The optimal harvest time for the most …
The importance of avoiding mechanical damage to post-harvest fruits and vegetables. Companies dedicated to food processing have the health and safety of their customers as a priority. Meeting high standards of sanitation and hygiene is essential from production to the moment the food reaches the end user. The use of lubricants for food machinery is …
Fruit trees go through various phenological stages, from seed germination, transplantation, sprouting etc., a couple of these stages and that could be considered the most important are flowering and fruiting (full of fruit) which for commercial orchards are the basis of production and quality. It is called “mooring”, as the time and space in which …
Mexico is the first exporter of green chili worldwide. It is a product with a worldwide presence, this is a crop originating in Mexico and constitutes one of the important products in Mexican agriculture. Generally, its fruit is marketed fresh for direct consumption or as raw material for industrial processing (SIAP, 2018). The postharvest handling …
All vegetables perform two survival mechanisms during post-harvest; Breathing and Perspiration, these allow them to use the nutritional reserves to cover the metabolic energy requirements (ATP). Specifically, respiration achieves obtaining ATP, however, during the time it remains in storage places, and due to unavoidable physical forces, the water that makes up the structure of each …
The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important foods in the world due to its high nutritional value. Mexico is one of the main producing countries, due to the edaphoclimatic conditions, with Sonora and Sinaloa being the main producing states (SIAP, 2019). However, it is estimated that the losses amount to 25% …
The apple is a fruit with a medium water content, but a low transpiration coefficient, therefore, losses during harvest, packaging and transport are minimal. However, the practices carried out during its post-harvest handling have important areas of opportunity to guarantee its arrival in better conditions to the final consumer. The apple has a very thin …
Generally, the operations of each packing plant differ according to the processes involved in each type of product, but they all tend to follow a basic line of techniques that can be summarized in three main sections: selection or classification, washing, disinfection, and Postharvest treatments. The FAO defines “Postharvest” as the moment in which the …