'Under Cover' ensures freshness - a sensor reveals weak points in the post-harvest chain for fresh market products

摘要

Tasty, colourful and good for your health - even in winter, fruit and vegetables are extremely popular. This is only the case if the lettuce, carrots or apples are fresh, however. Freshness stands for a wide range of external and internal product characteristics such as firm and shiny, a cool, moist surface and an attractive, typical colour. This complexity is what makes it so difficult to quantify freshness using a justifiable amount of effort.