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Effect of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Variation of Physico-Chemical Properties of Storage and Packed Jaggery


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1 Department of Agriculture Engineering, College of Agriculture, Karekere, Hassan (Karnataka), India
2 Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Hassan (Karnataka), India
     

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Short term storage of jaggery by different methods under laboratory conditions indicated that the jaggery stored in air tight container for 90 days maintained its quality and colour closely followed by wrapping with alkathene film and packed in paper box covered by polythene pouch as compared to jaggery kept open as it is without covering wrapped with gunny and Hessian cloth or packed with sugarcane trash and stored.

Keywords

Jaggery, Storage, Package, Temperature, Relative Humidity.
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  • Effect of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Variation of Physico-Chemical Properties of Storage and Packed Jaggery

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Authors

H. N. Ramya
Department of Agriculture Engineering, College of Agriculture, Karekere, Hassan (Karnataka), India
A. Ashwini
Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Hassan (Karnataka), India
Bharati C. Mirajkar
Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Hassan (Karnataka), India

Abstract


Short term storage of jaggery by different methods under laboratory conditions indicated that the jaggery stored in air tight container for 90 days maintained its quality and colour closely followed by wrapping with alkathene film and packed in paper box covered by polythene pouch as compared to jaggery kept open as it is without covering wrapped with gunny and Hessian cloth or packed with sugarcane trash and stored.

Keywords


Jaggery, Storage, Package, Temperature, Relative Humidity.

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