The use of a VOC Sensor to Measure Freshness of Fruits

Authors

  • R. Nino-Esparza University of Prince Edward Island
  • T. Cameron University of Prince Edward Island
  • J. Sampson University of Prince Edward Island
  • M. Thibodeau University of Prince Edward Island
  • T. Cayaoyao University of Prince Edward Island
  • A. Ahmadi University of Prince Edward Island

Abstract

With North America having one of the larger food wastages by consumers, there is a need for a system that will bring awareness to the state of the food, to reduce food waste. Fruits have been known to release volatile organic compounds (VOC) throughout their lifecycle, a VOC measuring device has been applied to measure the freshness level. A banana, cocktail tomatoes and a yellow pepper were used as samples. Although a correlating trend between the samples could not be determined, the variance in measurement readings for each sample showed promising results.

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2019-05-21

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R. Nino-Esparza, T. Cameron, J. Sampson, M. Thibodeau, T. Cayaoyao, and A. Ahmadi, “The use of a VOC Sensor to Measure Freshness of Fruits”, CMBES Proc., vol. 42, May 2019.

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