U.S. Use Edible Coating on Vegetable Slices

A sweet potato supplier in the United States is looking forward to using an edible coating to help it squeeze into the convenience food market.

The developer of this coating was the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which collaborated with the unknown sweetpotato company, which plans to try the coating on sweet potato slices to make it a convenient snack. (convenience snack) is sold in the supermarket.

The coating trial will take two months. ARS's market support Mantrose-Haeuser is starting this matter.

Sliced ​​vegetables are not yet prevalent in the United States because they cannot withstand long distances. When a retailer receives a sliced ​​product, it usually looks like it has changed color, leaving people with no appetite.

Mantrose said that the use of coatings will eliminate these problems.

The coating ingredients are mainly calcium and vitamin C, originally developed to prevent apple slices from turning brown and applied to apple slices sold at the McDonald's Restaurant. In addition to sweet potatoes, the coating is also used in green beans avocados, stone fruits.

The coating works by reacting with the surface of the fruit slice and preventing breathing and oxidation. Tests have shown that the coating protects apple slices from browning for up to four weeks.

Agricoat Industries of the United States is addressing the issue of coating use in Europe and further confirms that it is adjusting the composition of the apple coating to apply to stone fruits and green vegetables. It is expected that by the end of this year, several unknown companies in Europe will try this kind of coating.

Source: Bison