title: Evaluation on home storage performance of table grape based on sensory quality and consumers' satisfaction.
abstract: With continuous rise of table grapes consumption and increased public awareness of food safety, the quality control of grapes in storage after purchase is not sufficiently examined. Home storage constitutes the last and important stage in grape supply chain. Literature review shows that few researches on grape quality focus on the home storage stage compared with numerous researches reported on the quality control during postharvest and transportation process. This paper reports the performance evaluation of grape quality at home storage and consumers' satisfaction using integrated sensory evaluations. The internal attributes, including Texture, Taste and Odor of the table grapes and the appearance indices, Color and Cleanliness are examined. Key results show that during home storage, all the internal attributes decrease rapidly as time goes on, and cleanliness and color appear to be deteriorating in a lower speed. A comprehensive quality index was created to measure the quality of table grape which has high correlation with the Overall acceptability perceived by consumers.
authors: Pharmaceutical College, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China 475004 ; Beijing Lab for Food Quality and Safety, China Agricultural University, 209#, No. 17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District Beijing, 100083 People's Republic of China.
authors: Changyang
authors: C
authors: Ma
authors: Beijing Lab for Food Quality and Safety, China Agricultural University, 209#, No. 17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District Beijing, 100083 People's Republic of China.
authors: Zetian
authors: Z
authors: Fu
authors: Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3DE UK.
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Xu
authors: Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors: Mira
authors: M
authors: Trebar
authors: Beijing Lab for Food Quality and Safety, China Agricultural University, 209#, No. 17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District Beijing, 100083 People's Republic of China.
authors: Xiaoshuan
authors: X
authors: Zhang
keywords: Consumer satisfaction; Home storage; Quality control; Sensory evaluation; Table grape