항균소재를 함유한 포장지로 포장하여 실험실 조건하에서 저장하였을 때 방울토마토와 밀감의 저장기간 연장효과가 있는 것으로 나타난 항균포장지가 대규모 저장 및 유통시에도 적용이 가능한지를 알아보기 위하여 항균포장지를 함유한 박스에 방울토마토와 밀감을 담아서 냉장 창고에서 저장하면서 품질 변화를 고찰하였다. 즉 분말 형태의 식물성 천연항균제인 자몽추출물제재와 제올라이트를 각각 3% 및 6%를 넣어서 만든 항균포장지로 방울토마토와 밀감을 포장하여 에서
In order to help the preservation of the cherry tomato and unshiu orange, antimicrobial paper incorporating grapefruit seed extract and zeolite was applied to the package. Cherry tomato and unshiu orange were packed in a box (38x25x20 cm) attached with antimicrobial paper and then stored respectively at . During the storage, weight loss, pH total acidity, soluble solid content microbial load and decay ratio were measured as quality indices. pH increase in cherry tomato was observed until 20 days, and decreased with litle difference between the packaging treatments thereafter pH and total acidity decrease in unshiu orange were shown till 30 days, and abrupt change was revealed by 40 days. This was due to physiological disorders. The microbial loads of total aerobic bacteria, and yeast/mold count were suppressed during storage by the box packaging incorporated with antimicrobial agents, which also contributed to reducing the decayed cherry tomato and unshiu orange. Antimicrobial paper was useful fur the reduction of microbial load in cherry tomato and unshiu orange pear without other quality deterioration.