WP 1 progress

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WP 1 progress

• CSIR
• Experimental design arranged
• Raw material (pears) supply assured
• Visited Capespan, Cape Town
• Experimental set-up/equipment designed
• UEM
• Raw material (cashew nuts) sourced ?
• Experimental design ?
• Maida received rancidity testing training from
  CSIR
• CSIR showed Maida the relevant coating equipment
• UOM
• ????

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WP 1 Experimental Pears (Packham triumph)
Temp (C) -0.5 4/10 (?) 20
Experimental time (weeks) gt16 12 3
Testing interval Day 0 4 weekly weekly weekly
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WP 1 Experimental Pears Cont
Non-destructive Destructive
Ethylene (headspace analysis) Colour Skin, flesh
Respiration rate (IRGA) Texture at different places on pear
Moisture loss Soluble solids (Brix)
pH
Titratable acidity