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).