Optimisation of humidity absorbers in active packaging of button mushroom by response surface methodology and genetic algorithms
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active packaging, button mushroom, genetic algorithm, humidity absorber, optimisation, response surface methodology
Abstract
Button mushroom is one of the most perishable products. Respiration of product leads to an accumulation of moisture within the package and the speed of product spoilage increases. The use of active packaging with moisture absorbers results in absorption of the excess moisture within the package and a slowing down of the speed of product spoilage. In this work the effects of three moisture absorbers (silica gel, CaCl2 and sorbitol) were studied. The amount of absorbers with respect to quality indicators like weight loss, cap size, stem length and colour parameters was optimized in a response surface methodology (RSM) design. The coefficients of the RSM models were optimised using the genetic algorithm (GA) method. The results showed that using 5 g silica gel and 5 g CaCl2 during storage time of button mushrooms led to the lowest weight loss, changes of cap size, stem length and colour difference (?E). Predicted values by GA optimised model with experimental values had a higher correlation coefficient than predicted values by RSM model that showed the performance of GA optimisation. Usage of the moisture absorbers led to an increase in the shelf life of button mushrooms.
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