Research Article

Chitosan/Cellulose Nanofibril Nanocomposite and Its Effect on Quality of Coated Strawberries

Table 1

Color, thickness, and water vapor permeability for different film formulations.

Chitosan concentrationCNF concentrationColorThickness (µm)Water vapor permeability (g·mm/kPa·d·m2)

1%0%86.2b−0.60a2.98a43.3a17.80c
2%72.1a−0.64a5.84b46.2a18.23c
1%3%86.3b−0.64a3.02a1.2463.3b14.15b
2%71.7a−0.60a6.08b1.3165.3b13.62b
1%5%85.4b−0.60a2.93a1.4087.4c12.64ab
2%72.3a−0.62a5.93b1.2786.6c11.87a

Averages followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically by the Tukey test, at 5% probability.