The Food and Agriculture Organization has reported that approximately one third of the food produced annually (1.3 billion tons) is wasted. Losses and waste per year are close to 20-30% for oil seeds, cereals, meat and ...

Jaboticaba is a small tree, native to the central-south of Brazil. Among the well-known species the most important are the Myrciaria cauliflora (DC) Berg and the Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell) Berg which produce adequate fruit ...

Purple Kale is a vegetable of the Brassicaceae family whose are popularly consumed in recent years due to their high level of healthy components. For consumption, matures leaves are harvested and postharvest senescence is ...

Eggplant, brinjal or aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) is together with tomato among the most widely known edible fruits of the Solanaceae family (Daunay, 2008). Eggplants are thought to be derived from the wild African ...

Senescence and degreening are the most important features that determine loss of quality during postharvest of broccoli. During senescence, chlorophylls are degraded with the purpose of avoiding presence of photoactive ...

Peanuts are likely to be infested by fungi with consequent contamination by aflatoxin in post-harvest industries. A hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) plan is proposed for a typical Brazilian post-harvest ...