METHOD FOR PREPARING OF NEWLY-HARVESTED CITRUS FRUITS FOR STORAGE

摘要

FIELD: agriculture and food-processing industry, in particular, preparing of citrus fruits for storage for further usage thereof as food in spacecraft.;SUBSTANCE: method involves sterilizing distilled water, paper cloths and smoking paper; preparing 0.02%-solution of potassium permanganate and 0.5%-solution of citric acid based on sterilized distilled water; inspecting citrus fruits; washing in sweet running water at temperature of 20-30 C; sequentially holding at room temperature in potassium permanganate solution and in citric acid solution during 5 min each; exposing to ultraviolet radiation at opposite sides of fruits during 30 min at radiation power of 1.5-2.5 W/m³; packaging each piece of fruit under aseptic conditions into smoking paper and laying packages in one layer within sterile polymeric trays.;EFFECT: prolonged storage life of newly-harvested citrus fruits fit for further consumption as food in spacecraft.