Strategy and Software Application of Fresh Produce Package Design to Attain Optimal Modified Atmosphere

Table 2

Output from optimized MAP design for the package sizes in Table 1.

Output parameter	Optimal package condition for commodity
	Green pepper	Strawberry	Mushroom-king oyster
Permeable surface film and thickness (mm)	LDPE/0.042	OPP/0.05	OPP/0.03
Perforation diameter (m) and number	None	2.5 × 10^−4/2	1 × 10^−4/17
CO2 scavenger (Ca(OH)2)
Weight (g)	None	None	9.5
Sachet film, thickness (mm), and area (m^2)			LLDPE/0.020/0.065 or LLDPE/0.013/0.042
Equilibrated atmosphere
O2 (%)	4.0	9.3	1.1
CO2 (%)	5.1	17.5	10.0