Enhancing the Smell, Color of Pineapples
A study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that applying a high-temperature treatment postharvest to pineapples grown during low-temperature seasons can improve the fruit’s color and scent. The researchers performed two experiments involving elevated temperature treatments, storing pineapples with no packaging in an artificial climate chamber for 36 hrs. They then looked at the temperature’s effect on pineapples’ color, physi…