date:Jul 23, 2019
ificantly extending the shelf life of fresh produce and reducing supply chain waste.
A significant challenge faced by the company when developing the product was in integrating modified atmosphere packaging into the field-packed process. Much of the broccoli in the US is field-packed in cartons, palletized and then ice is added upon arrival at the packing house.
We developed a solution that enables the broccoli to be field-packed in Xtend packaging and then forced air and/or vacuum cooled in