Efficacy of Edible Coatng on Marketing Period of Tomato

To extend the marketing period of fresh tomatoes, edible coating brand “Taza” of various concentrations (0.5%, 0.75%, 1.0%) were tried. Coating was applied by immersion method. Coated and uncoated tomatoes were stored under ambient condition and were evaluated for different quality parameters at regular intervals. On the basis of experimental results and statistical analysis, it was observed that 1.0% Taza coated tomatoes recorded minimum changes in the quality parameters as compared to 0.5 and 0.75% Taza coated tomatoes the shelf-life upto nine days.