Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative
The application of vacuum packaging (VP) and nonvacuum packaging (NP) of injera, with or without preservative added (sodium benzoate), has been studied for 15 days with the aim of determining their effect on the shelf-life and staling of injera. Samples were tested for microbial load analysis, moist...
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| description | The application of vacuum packaging (VP) and nonvacuum packaging (NP) of injera, with or without preservative added (sodium benzoate), has been studied for 15 days with the aim of determining their effect on the shelf-life and staling of injera. Samples were tested for microbial load analysis, moisture content (MC), pH, and color “L” value (lightness) determination, visible mold sign inspection, and sensory quality evaluation. Oxygen exclusion of the packaging methods and antimicrobial activities of preservative used, prolong the storage duration of injera without visible mold growth to more than 15 days; with VP (vacuum packaging), VP+ (vacuum packaging with preservative), and NP+ (nonvacuum packaging with preservative) treatments. Among these, VP+ had the least microbial load (5.3∗101 & 9.0∗101 bacterial & yeast and mold colony forming unit (cfu)/g, respectively). But it was least effective regarding staling as it had the least average scoring of MC, pH, and L value (60.96%, 3.33, and 45.92, respectively) and sensory acceptability, basically due to the crumbling effect of the packaging method used. Besides, NP + had a lower microbial load (7.5∗101 bacterial cfu/g and 9.0∗101 yeast and mold cfu/g). Despite VP and VP+, NP+ was a relatively effective method regarding sensory acceptability and staling as it had 62.73%, 3.32, and 48.70 average MC, pH, and L value, respectively. Generally, packaging methods and preservative used were found to have a significant effect (P<0.05) on microbial load, physico-chemical properties, and sensory attributes of injera. Moreover, it was proved that NP+ was the most effective method to improve the shelf life and staling of injera. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5a47d325fd804161b58a2c0106f733032025-02-03T06:05:01ZengWileyJournal of Food Quality1745-45572022-01-01202210.1155/2022/8972355Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical PreservativeAbinet Terefe0Shimelis Admasu Emire1Habtamu Fekadu Gemede2Ashagrie Z. Woldegiorgis3Center for Food Science and Nutrition ProgramDepartment of Chemical EngineeringDepartment of Food Technology and Process EngineeringCenter for Food Science and Nutrition ProgramThe application of vacuum packaging (VP) and nonvacuum packaging (NP) of injera, with or without preservative added (sodium benzoate), has been studied for 15 days with the aim of determining their effect on the shelf-life and staling of injera. Samples were tested for microbial load analysis, moisture content (MC), pH, and color “L” value (lightness) determination, visible mold sign inspection, and sensory quality evaluation. Oxygen exclusion of the packaging methods and antimicrobial activities of preservative used, prolong the storage duration of injera without visible mold growth to more than 15 days; with VP (vacuum packaging), VP+ (vacuum packaging with preservative), and NP+ (nonvacuum packaging with preservative) treatments. Among these, VP+ had the least microbial load (5.3∗101 & 9.0∗101 bacterial & yeast and mold colony forming unit (cfu)/g, respectively). But it was least effective regarding staling as it had the least average scoring of MC, pH, and L value (60.96%, 3.33, and 45.92, respectively) and sensory acceptability, basically due to the crumbling effect of the packaging method used. Besides, NP + had a lower microbial load (7.5∗101 bacterial cfu/g and 9.0∗101 yeast and mold cfu/g). Despite VP and VP+, NP+ was a relatively effective method regarding sensory acceptability and staling as it had 62.73%, 3.32, and 48.70 average MC, pH, and L value, respectively. Generally, packaging methods and preservative used were found to have a significant effect (P<0.05) on microbial load, physico-chemical properties, and sensory attributes of injera. Moreover, it was proved that NP+ was the most effective method to improve the shelf life and staling of injera.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8972355 |
| spellingShingle | Abinet Terefe Shimelis Admasu Emire Habtamu Fekadu Gemede Ashagrie Z. Woldegiorgis Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative Journal of Food Quality |
| title | Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative |
| title_full | Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative |
| title_fullStr | Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative |
| title_short | Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative |
| title_sort | improvement of injera shelf life and staling through vacuum and nonvacuum polyethylene packaging their synergistic effect with chemical preservative |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8972355 |
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