Table 4. Changes in sensory scores of differently-packaged kawanakajima white peach during storage

Storage period (day) Sensory evaluation
Off-flavor Discoloration Corruption Weakness Overall acceptability
CON1) 0 1.0±0.02)aA 1.0±0.0a3)A 1.0±0.0aA4) 1.2±0.4aA 6.9±0.3cA
2 1.6±1.1abA 2.5±1.0bA 2.7±1.3bA 3.4±1.6bcA 4.1±1.5bA
4 1.1±0.3aAB 2.7±0.8bA 2.0±1.1abB 3.0±1.2bA 4.9±1.5bA
7 2.3±1.3bAB 5.4±1.3cA 5.0±1.5cA 4.6±2.0cdA 1.7±0.7aB
10 5.6±1.4cB 6.2±0.8dB 6.2±1.1dB 5.0±1.4dB 1.4±0.5aA
FUN 0 1.0±0.0aA 1.0±0.0aA 1.0±0.0aA 1.2±0.4aA 6.9±0.3dA
2 1.3±0.7aA 2.7±1.3bA 2.0±0.8bA 3.1±1.2bA 4.6±1.8cA
4 1.4±0.7aA 3.7±1.3cA 3.7±1.3bA 4.6±1.7bA 3.4±0.7bB
7 1.5±0.5aB 2.8±1.0bB 2.4±1.1bB 3.5±1.6bA 3.9±1.0bcA
10 2.6±1.2bB 4.0±0.7dB 4.2±0.6dB 3.6±1.0bB 4.5±0.9aA
PET 0 1.0±0.0aA 1.0±0.0aA 1.0±0.0aA 1.2±0.4aA 6.9±0.3cA
2 1.4±0.5abA 2.8±1.0bcA 2.5±1.1bA 2.3±1.3bA 4.5±1.5bA
4 1.9±0.9bB 3.6±1.4cA 3.6±1.4cB 4.9±1.4dB 2.4±1.2bA
7 1.3±0.7abA 2.4±1.3bA 2.3±1.3bA 4.0±1.1cdA 3.8±1.4bB
10 2.8±0.8cA 2.5±0.7bA 4.6±0.7dA 3.2±1.1bcA 4.2±0.8aB
CON, no treatment; FUN, functional paper-packaging; PET, polyethylene terephthalate-packaged (commercial package) peach.
Values are mean±standard deviation.
a-dSignificantly different between storage period by Duncan’s multi-range test (p⟨0.05).
A,BSignificantly different between storage condition by Duncan’s multi-range test (p⟨0.05).