date:Aug 12, 2013
using a coating of chitosan, a natural preservative that we got from the shell of shrimps, said chemical engineer Fernando Bollini, from INTI.
Chitosan, a non-toxic biopolymer, biocompatible and naturally degradable that has antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal properties, has the ability to slow the deterioration of fruits allowing them to be stored for an extended period of time.
Bollini said they decided to work with strawberries because it is a fruit that is rapidly degraded and, theref