Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (2024)

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Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (1)

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J Food Sci Technol. 2019 Dec; 56(12): 5362–5373.

Published online 2019 Aug 10. doi:10.1007/s13197-019-04007-x

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Abstract

The quality characteristics of naan from flour products under various packaging methods stored at different temperatures (25, 4 and − 20°C) for different time (0–49days) were investigated. Packaging methods included ordinary plastic packaging (OPP), vacuum packaging (VP) and deoxygenation packaging (DP). Sensory value, acid value, moisture content and microbial count of naan during storage were evaluated. The results showed that the total demerit points of sensory of DP naan stored at 25°C had considerably lower levels. The moisture content of naan in DP and VP at 25°C during storage had not been affected, while in OPP increased; the acid values of naan increased, but in DP was the lowest; the total microbiological count (MC) of naan in OPP, VP and DP at 5th day reached 2.25, 3.04 and 1.99 logCFUg−1, respectively. At 4 and − 20°C, the moisture content of naan in OPP, VP and DP during storage reduced, the acid values at storage the 38th day dramatically increased (p < 0.05), the MC slowly increased, but these in DP samples was lower. The Ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) radiation time was varied to study its effect on the shelf life of naan at 25°C. The moisture content of UV and MW treated naan were not significantly different from those of control naan (p > 0.05), but the demerit points, acid values and MC reduced, the shelf life of naan was extended. The combination of DP and MW methods was a better efficient way to reduced negative quality changes of naan during storage.

Keywords: Naan, Packaging methods, Storage, Quality, Ultraviolet, Microwave

Introduction

Naan is a kind of crusty pancake using wheat flour, which has been a history of more than 2000years (Guo and Yue 2016). It is a Uighur traditional flavor of food owning to its superior nutritional, sensorial and textural characteristics in Xinjiang, China. There are various naans, such as “sesame naan”, “oil naan”, “sweet naan”, “Wowo naan” and other fermented or non-fermented naan. Different naan has different taste, flavor, nutrition and popularity. In recent years, with the development of “the land and maritime Silk Road initiative” in China, naan has gone out of Xinjiang as a nationally distinctive food product and been favored by people all over the world.

A cake naan is produced by fermented dough in “naan pit”, and has relatively long storage time due to low water content comparing with the bread. However, its shelf-life is no more than 5days at ambient temperature (25°C). It may be attributed that about 20% moisture content in naan still can accelerate the microbial spoilage or the oil is oxidized. Some reports also thought that the main factors affecting shelf-life of the bakery products were the microbial spoilage, staling and packaging methods etc. (Galic et al. 2009; Khoshakhlagh et al. 2014; Kotsianis et al. 2002). And there is limited information to be available for the quality of naan during storage.

For storing bakery products, a better method is the freezing process. However, there are some disadvantages as following: (1) the ice crystal in bakery products are produced, which will reduce the quality of products; (2) the frozen products need high energy consumption, which will cause higher cost (Barcenas and Rosell 2006). In order to increase the shelf-life of bakery products, another method is packaging, which generally is divided vacuum packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). Vacuum packaging is the use of a vacuum pump bag out of gas, resulting in a state of hypobaric hypoxia, which can prevent the growth and reproduction of microorganisms (Rodrigues et al. 2016). However, this method will make bakery products squeezed, and be not suitable for loose porous, crisp and soft food. Another method to inhibit the growth of microorganisms is modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), which can change the gas proportion for food preservation by removing oxygen or replace atmosphere inside the package by a mixture of gases (Nettles Cutter 2002). The carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) are the most used gases in MAP of bakery products (Rodriguez-Aguilera and Oliveira 2009). Although CO2 has the Antibacterial and antifungal effect, it has the high solubility in water and lipids, which can cause the physio-chemical quality changes of bakery products, such as reducing the hardness of products (Sourki et al. 2010). While for N2, there is not antimicrobial activity, it can prevent the food spoilage by providing an anaerobic condition (Khoshakhlagh et al. 2014). In addition, the oxygen in package can increase the oxidation rate of oil and growth of aerobic spoilage microorganisms (Kumaresan et al. 2009). Deoxygenation packaging (DP) can reduce or avoid the food spoilage by providing an anaerobic condition (Rodriguez-Aguilera and Oliveira 2009). Added deoxidizer in food packages can effectively inhibit the growth of mould and aerobic bacteria and extend the shelf life of food, and has some advantages, such as preventing oil rancidity, the browning of food and vitamin loss etc. (Galic et al. 2009; Karaoglu et al. 2005). But little information is available on storage of “naan” in modified atmosphere packing.

For improving food safety and extending the shelf-life of food preservation, the microwave (MW) and ultraviolet (UV) sterilization methods are used to inactivate pathogenic and spoilage-related microorganisms on food matrices (Guerrero-Beltrán and Barbosa-Cánovas 2004; Huo et al. 2017). The UV radiation as non-thermal technology is applied in food industry (Chun et al. 2010; Jongyingcharoen and Cheevitsopon 2016; Monteiro et al. 2013; Rodrigues et al. 2016). UV radiation can effectively kill bacteria, molds and other microorganisms on food surface (Guerrero-Beltrán and Barbosa-Cánovas 2004). And within a certain time range, the longer the UV irradiation time, the more obvious the bactericidal effect. The most effective bactericidal UV wavelength is from 200 to 280nm (Gayán et al. 2013). Its advantage included easy deployment, low cost, no chemical or radioactive residues and no influence on the nutritional and sensory qualities of food products (Alothman et al. 2009; Chun et al. 2010; Haughton et al. 2011). However, the penetration of UV light can only play a role in sterilization of food surface (Haughton et al. 2011). MW sterilization is also a more commonly method for sterilization of food products. MW has the stronger permeability, which can be instantaneous and efficient to prevent the growth of pathogenic and spoilage-related microorganisms on both material and surface of food products (Huo et al. 2017). MW sterilization aspect is the use of MW polarization molecule, the molecule accelerating microbial cells generate heat, it can make some important enzymes and protein denaturation in the cell inactivation; On the other hand, the high-frequency electric field will cause the change of cell membrane potential and the change of polar molecules on membrane transport proteins, which will make the microorganisms unable to perform normal physiological activities and die (Huo et al. 2017). However, the application of MW and UV technologies on the naan was still limited.

The objective of present study was to investigate the effects of different storage methods on the quality and safety of naan, such as ordinary, vacuum and deoxygenation packaging. Quality attributes were assessed by physico-chemical, microbiological, and sensorial parameter during storage. The effect of UV and MW exposure time on naan shelf life in DP at room temperature (25°C) storage was investigated.

Materials and methods

Materials

The Xinjiang naan used in the study were procured from local market in Jinan, China. All chemicals and microbiological culture media were of analytical grade.

Packaging and storage of naan samples

Cool naan was selected, which the shape, size, thickness and weight were uniform. “naan” was packaged as follows: (1) ordinary plastic packaging (OPP), (2) vacuum packaging (VP) and (3) deoxygenation packaging (DP) for storage over 0–49days at room temperature 25, 4 and − 20°C, respectively. Outer packaging materials were polyamide/polyethylene (PA/PE) composite material. Three packaging methods and three kinds of storage methods were divided into 9 groups and each group was triplicate. Samples were analyzed every 2days for sensory evaluation, acid value, moisture content and microbial count.

Proximate analysis

The lipid content of naan was determined by the method of by the Association of Official Analytical Chemist (AOAC 2012) method. The total crude protein was determined by the micro Kjeldahl method (AOAC 2012). The ash content was measured by total carbonization of the sample using a muffle furnace at 550°C for 6h to incinerate until the sample was free of carbon particles (AOAC 2012). Moisture was determined in samples by the Association of Official Analytical Chemist (AOAC 2012) method. The triplicates for each sample were carried out.

Acid value determination

Acid values of naan samples were measured according to AOCS methods Da 14–48 (AOCS 2006). 100g of naan flour crushed was placed in 500mL Erlenmeyer flask, 300mL of petroleum ether was added, and sealed with plastic wrap. The mixture was leached for about 12h at room temperature. Then the supernatant was obtained by filtering with a fast filter paper. The solvent was removed by rotary evaporator. The separated fat for acid value determination was gained. 3g of oil samples was placed in 250mL conical flask with adding 100mL of neutral mixture of ether and ethanol with the ratio of 2: 1 (v/v), which was shaken to make the grease fully dissolved. 2 or 3 drops of phenolphthalein indicator was added. Finally, 0.1M KOH solution was used to titrate the sample until the solution appeared reddish and did not fade within 30s, which was as the titration end point. The volume of consumed KOH standard solution was recorded. Acid value (AV) of naan was calculated by the following Eq.(1).

AVmgKOH/g=V1-V2×C×56.1m

1

where V1 and V2 were the volume of KOH standard solution and the blank, respectively; C was the concentration in moles per liter of the KOH standard solution; 56.1 was number of milligrams of KOH per 1mL of KOH standard solution; m was the mass in grams of the test sample.

Microbiological analysis

Microbiological changes of naan during storage were analyzed by Khoshakhlagh et al. (2014) method with slight modifications. A 25g of the sample was hom*ogenized in a sterile blender with 225mL of sterile peptone water (0.1% sterile peptone, w/v) containing sterilized 0.9% NaCl for 1min. The sample solution was diluted according to 10−1. Then, 1.0mL dilution and 15mL plate count agar (PCA) were poured onto Petri dishes (9cm diameter). Bacterial colonies were counted after the plates were cultured at 37°C for 48 ± 2h. The microbiological numbers in the “naan” samples were expressed as log 10 colony forming units (CFU) per gram. The triplicates for each sample were carried out.

Sensory evaluation

Sensory determinations on naan were performed by the sensory assessment scheme of Licciardello et al. (2017) and Özogul et al. (2004) with small modifications. The samples were analyzed everyday during storage. Table1 shows the index of sensory evaluation. Quantitative Descriptive Sensory Analysis of each sample was carried out by a minimum of 6 trained members in the conditions described in a work of Licciardello et al. (2017). The list of sensory terms included descriptors of appearance (color), texture characteristics (hard and flexible), and odor (smell and taste). Each assessment was carried out by a minimum of six trained panellists. When a demerit score was 8, the acceptable quality was found. Triplicate samples from each of the storage conditions were determined at regular intervals.

Table1

Sensory evaluation index of naan

ParametersEvaluation criteria
ColorThe product should have the color, no oil phenomenon (0 demerit points)
Slightly darker color or slightly lighter, a little oil or dry white phenomenon (1–2 demerit points)
Lost the original product color, a serious oil, the surface shiny, or whitish or mildew (3–4 demerit points)
SmellRich “naan” scent, no other bad smell (0 demerit points)
Faint “naan” scent, a little bit rancid (1–2 demerit points)
Serious rancid, musty (3–4 demerit points)
TasteProduct should have the taste, gluten not dry (0 demerit points)
Slightly worse taste, slightly slag, a little hard (1–2 demerit points)
Poor taste, dry and hard (3–4 demerit points)
TextureSoft and flexible, fine pores, no fracture, no deformation (0 demerit points)
Slightly less elastic, slightly deformed pores or slightly broken edges (1–2 demerit points)
Inelastic, dry and hard, dregs serious, the gap is compacted, severe deformation (3–4 demerit points)

Ultraviolet and microwave treated “naan” before packaging

In order to extend the shelf life of naan, it was treated by the ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) treatment before DP. For the UV-treated naan preparation, the cool naan was divided into five groups (each group 200g), which were irradiated by for 0, 5, 10, 20 and 30min at room temperature, respectively (Jongyingcharoen and Cheevitsopon 2016). After the UV (power 30W) treatment, the naan was sealed by DP in the radiation chamber. After the packaging process was completed to ensure the aseptic condition inside the chamber, the UV lamp was turned off. For the MW-treated naan preparation, the cool naan was divided into five groups (each group 200g), which were treated by MW (power 500W) for 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5min at 50°C. Then, the MW treated naan were packaged and stored at 25°C according to methods of 2.2 part under aseptic operation. To investigate the quality changes of UV and MW treated naan during storage, the sensory evaluation, acid value, moisture content and microbial count were determined throughout its shelf life. All experiments were triplicate.

Statistical analysis

For experiment data analysis, the Student t test, standard deviation and coefficient of variance were used. The significance of the difference was defined as p < 0.05. Statistical comparison was based on three samples for each treatment.

Results and discussion

Proximate analysis

Table2 shows the main chemical components, standard deviation and coefficient of variation of the naan. You (2017) reported that the chemical composition of naan was 11.98–13.96% moisture, 12.9–137% protein and 1.5–2.3% fat. In this study, the chemical composition was 20.89% moisture, 8.12% crude protein, 15.07% fat and 1.58% ash. The variation in the chemical composition of naan was closely related flour type, man-made practices, geographical changes, ingredient changes, and different process equipment (You 2017). Variation chemical components would result in the changes of naan taste, flavor and preservation quality (You 2017).

Table2

Chemical composition of naan

Proximate compositionAverage (%)Standard deviation (SD)Coefficient of variation (CV)
Fat15.070.1991.32
Crude protein8.120.2182.69
Moisture20.890.9864.72
Ash1.580.0402.60

Data were expressed as mean value of three samples

Sensory evaluation

Figure1 shows the pattern of increase in the demerit score from day 0 to 10days at 25°C, for naan kept under three different storage conditions. As shown in Fig.1, the rate of increase of demerit points was fairly linear with extension of storage time in three cases, which indicated that the quality of naan would decline. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) in the level of demerit points between naan in ordinary plastic packaging (OPP) and vacuum packaging (VP), particularly in deoxygenation packaging (DP). The observed shelf life of naan was found to be 4days (demerit score: 16) in VP, 6days (demerit score: 16) in OPP and 10days (demerit score: 16) for naan stored in DP. In general, some studies have reported that the VP could increase the shelf life of food products during storage (Clingman and Hooper 1986). However, in this study, it was interesting noted that VP did significantly extend the sensory shelf life of naan as compared to storage in OPP (Fig.1). The results were not agreement with the investigation of references. It was assumed that the vacuum packaging could make the porous fermentation “naan” products lost sponge-like structure by extrusion, which would exclude the internal air of naan and exude oil. So, the rancidity and mildew of nana with forming a dense and hardened texture would be accelerated. Özogul et al. (2004) observed that the sensory quality of sardines deteriorated faster in vacuum packages than modified atmosphere packages. Briefly, sensory attributes of naan were significantly affected by the packaging methods and storage time at 25°C (p < 0.05).

Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (4)

Changes of sensory values of naan stored in OPP, VP and DP at 25°C, respectively (OPP ordinary plastic packaging; VP vacuum packaging, DP deoxygenation packaging). Each point was shown by the mean value of three determinations for each sample. Bars represented the standard deviation

Moisture content

A most sensitive quality factor during bakery product storage is the moisture content, which is significantly affected by storage conditions (Novotni et al. 2011). Figure2 shows the effect of temperature storage time on moisture content of naan in OPP, VP and DP. The moisture content of naan in different packaging methods stored at 4 and − 20°C during days 48 was significantly lower (p < 0.05; Fig.2a, b) compared with initial moisture content. It could be attributed that the water of naan in freezing and cold storage process was slowly sublimated, which would lead to the loss of moisture. The moisture content in DP at 25°C was not significantly affected through storage time (p > 0.05) (Fig.2c). The moisture content in VP at 25°C during days 48 was slight lower compared with initial moisture content, while in OPP was higher (Fig.2c). In addition, the moisture content during storage at − 20°C for days 48 was significantly lower than other temperature (p < 0.05). These results indicated that packaging methods and storage temperature had the major effects on naan moisture loss. On the other hand, the effect of the difference between water activity of the naan and relative humidity of the ambient atmosphere was not noticeable, which was not accordance with Novotni et al. (2011) finding. The reasons might be the difference texture between naan and bread.

Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (5)
Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (6)

Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (7)

Changes of moisture content of naan stored in OPP, VP and DP at 4 (a), − 20 (b) and 25°C (c), respectively; Changes of acid values of naan stored in OPP, VP and DP at 4 (d), − 20 (e) and 25°C (f), respectively; Changes of surface appearance of naan stored in OPP (h), VP (i) and DP (j) at 25°C, respectively; Changes of microbiological count (MC) of naan with different packaging methods during storage at 25 (k), 4 (l) and − 20°C (m), respectively (OPP ordinary plastic packaging, VP vacuum packaging, DP deoxygenation packaging). Each point was shown by the mean value of three determinations for each sample. Bars represented the standard deviation

Acid value

As shown in Fig.2d–f, the acid values of samples in different packaging methods, storage temperature and time were detected. The acid values at 25°C increased rapidly with the increase of storage days. The acid values of naan stored for 12days has exceeded the consumption standard (5mgKOHg−1) (Guo et al. 2009), and reached 64.43, 27.44 and 21.27mgg−1 in OPP, VP and DP samples after 18days. The result showed the increase of acid values in naan DP was significantly smaller than in OPP and VP (p < 0.05). It was due to the addition of the deoxidizer, which consumed part of the oxygen in the bag and reduced the oxidation of the oil. The acid values of naan in VP still increased during storage time at 25°C, which was probably attributed that the part air in the pores of naan caused the oxidation of the oil.

The acid values in OPP, VP and DP samples slightly increased for 38days of storage at 4°C, which was maintained to be the range from 0.2 to 0.9mgg−1. The acid values of naan during storage exceeded the standard at 4°C for 45days. Meanwhile, there was significant difference among three packaging method (p < 0.05). The acid value of naan in DP was the lowest, while in VP was the largest. However, the rancidity was very slow at − 20°C, and there was no significant difference between the acid value of OPP, VP and DP samples (p > 0.05).

Microbiological assessment

The bakery products presented high initial microbiological quality, considering the microbiological maximum limit (3logCFUg−1) as recommended by the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF 1998). This limit was also considered for total aerobic mesophilic count as a microbiological criterion to indicate the shelf life of naan during the storage time.

Figure2g–i shows microbiological data of naan packaged under different storage conditions. Naan in OPP, VP and DP at 25°C showed the surface mold growth at day fourth, day sixth and tenth of storage, respectively (Fig.2j–l). Total microbiological count (MC) in naan at day fourth started to show gradual increase, reaching levels of 2.25logCFUg−1 in OPP samples, 1.99logCFUg−1 in DP samples and 3.04logCFUg−1 in VP samples for 5days, respectively (Fig.2j). Significant different of MC was found among OPP, VP and DP (p < 0.05). MC in VP samples was significantly higher than in OPP and DP (p < 0.05), which had exceed the standard of microbiological maximum limit (ICMSF 1998). In general, the shelf life of food by vacuum packing was extended by taking off the oxygen, which could inhibit the growth of bacterial (Kung et al. 2017). It was interesting that the results in this study were not agreement with the references. It was related to oxygen production in air by microorganisms such as lactic acid bacteria, bacillus and yeast etc., which would cause the dominance of anaerobic microorganisms over the aerobes (Khoshakhlagh et al. 2014). The reason in detail need to be further studied. The MC values in OPP, VP and DP reached the 3.83, 4.39 and 3.31logCFUg−1 on the 9th day of storage, respectively. It suggested that the storage time of naan at 25°C in OPP, VP and DP was about 5, 3 and 5days, respectively. The DP was more helpful to extend the shelf life of naan.

Figure2k, l show MC for naan stored in OPP, VP and DP during 40days at 4 and − 20°C. Comparing these results with the ones from Fig.2k, l, it could be observed that the MC of naan in DP at 4°C during storage 11days was not determined, while MC in OPP and VP started to increase, reaching 1.47 and 1.00logCFUg−1, respectively. The MC of naan from three packages at − 20°C was not determined on the 16th day of storage. It was noted that the MC of naan in three packages during storage 40days at − 20°C still remained under 3logCFUg−1. On the other hand, the results showed MC from naan at stored 4 and − 20°C lower than those from naan at 25°C. These results were supported by the study of Leuschner et al. (1997), who observed that the microbial growth of Irish brown soda bread at 5°C could be observed after 15days. Karaoglu et al. (2005) also found that the surface mold growth at 9th of storage at 7°C and did not show surface mold growth during 28days of storage at 1°C. The analysis of microorganism growth indicated that packaging and storage conditions would affect the shelf life of naan. Therefore, the lower temperature could retard the growth of microbial.

Effect of ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) treatment on shelf life of naan

Changes in sensory values, moisture content, acid values during storage of UV and MW treated naan are showed in Fig.3. In the following days of storage time, the demerit score of UV and MV treated nana with different time was increased significantly (p < 0.05; Fig.3a, d). The demerit score 16 of UV-treated naan was found to be 12days for UV 5min, 17days for UV 10min, 21days for UV 20min and 23days for UV 30min stored in DP, respectively. While the demerit score 16 of MW-treated naan was found to be 13days for MW 2min, 14days for MW 3min, 14days for MW 4min and 19days for MW 5min stored in DP, respectively. The results indicated that UV and MW treatment could extend the sensory quality of naan compared to the control naan (Fig.1). It was attributed that the UV and MW radiation could effectively inhibit the microorganism growth on the naan surface (Auksornsri et al. 2017; Roig-Sagués et al. 2018). Sensory evaluation showed that the MW treated naan had better sensory characteristics compared to the UV treated ones. Some references have reported that the longer time at lower power levels of microwave would preferably not damage the organoleptical quality of the final product (Valero et al. 2014).

Effect of packaging methods and storage conditions on quality characteristics of flour product naan (8)

The changes in sensory values, moisture content, acid values of UV (ac, respectively) and MV (df, respectively) treated naan with DP during the storage period at 25°C, respectively. Each point was shown by the mean value of three determinations for each sample. Bars represented the standard deviation. DP deoxygenation packaging, UV ultraviolet, MW microwave

Figure3b, e show the effect of UV and MW treatment on moisture content of naan. As shown Fig.3b, e, the moisture content was not significantly (p > 0.05) affected by UV and MW. So, the effects of UV and MW on moisture content were not noticeable.

Changes in acid values are shown in all UV and MW treatment with different time (Fig.3c, f). It could be observed that the initial acid value of UV and MW treated naan with different time were almost the same comparing to the control (Fig.3c, f). The acid values of UV and MW treated naan with different time for 7days were still below 3mgKOHg−1. The acid values of naan submitted to DP + UV and DP + MW began to significantly increase from the 12th day of storage compared to the control naan (p < 0.05). And there was also significantly difference for the increase of acid values between UV and MW treated naan (p < 0.05; Fig.3c, f), the UV treated naan was higher. While the acid value with UV treatment for 30min at 12th day of storage was the lowest, which was lower than 3mgKOHg−1, the acid values of samples with UV treatment for 5 and 10min became higher than 3mgKOHg−1 (Fig.3c). For MW treated naan, the lowest acid value was for 2min at 12th day of storage, which was lower than 1mgKOHg−1, the acid values of samples with MW treatment for 3 and 4min were lower than 3mgKOHg−1, for 5min became higher than 5mgKOHg−1 (Fig.3f). During storage time from the 15th day to 46th day, the acid values of UV and MW treated naan with different time were greatly higher than 3mgKOHg−1, especially the acid value for UV treatment for 30min at 46th day of storage was the highest (97mgKOHg−1), while the acid value for MV treatment for 5min was 74.29mgKOHg−1. These indicated that the ultraviolet and microwave radiation could trigger free radicals, prompting hydroperoxide decomposition only at the 12th of naan storage and the quality of naan. With extending the UV and MW radiation time, the acid values would become more and more lager, which was due to be related to oxygen solubility and absorption in naan (Jongyingcharoen and Cheevitsopon 2016). There were the significant differences in acid values (p < 0.05) for UV and MW treated samples, throughout storage at 25°C. These results indicated that MW treatment method by using a lower process time could better prolong the shelf life of naan.

Table3 shows the effect of UV and MW treatments on the MC of naan.MC of naan with UV radiation for 5min and MW radiation for 2 and 3min at 25°C during the 3th day of storage did not exhibit significant changes (p > 0.05; Table3). For the UV and MW treated naan, a longer UV and MW exposure led to a greater reduction of MC (Jongyingcharoen and Cheevitsopon 2016; Benlloch-Tinoco et al. 2014). It was in agreement with the work of Tremarin et al. (2017) and Benlloch-Tinoco et al. (2014). This was attributed that the ultraviolet and microwave radiation could trigger free radicals, prompting hydroperoxide decomposition (Iwaguch et al. 2002). The greatest differences of MC among these treatments were observed at day 3 of storage. However, MC increased in all treatments during storage, which was significant of control naan (p < 0.05). The reason was probably that the UV and MW treatment reduced significantly the MC of naan surface or inside. Comparing to control naan (1.97logCFUg−1) at day 3 of storage, the number of microorganism of UV treatment for 20min and MW treatment for 3min (p < 0.05) reduced by 1.48 and 1.34CFUg−1, respectively. For UV treated naan for 20 and 30min and MW treated naan for 4 and 5min, the MC of were undetectable, respectively. After at the 8th day storage, the MC of naan by using UV and MW treatment was significantly lower compared to control (p < 0.05; Table3). But there was not significant decrease among the UV and MW treated naan (p > 0.05; Table3). These results suggested that the UV and MW processing was much more effective in destroying the growth of microorganism and improved naan quality (Jongyingcharoen and Cheevitsopon 2016; Iwaguch et al. 2002; Valero et al. 2014), especially MW treatment.

Table3

The microbiological count (MC) of control naan, UV- and microwave-treated naan

Storage time (day)38131726
Control (log CFUg−1)1.97 ± 0.14c3.30 ± 0.27d4.25 ± 0.18d4.58 ± 0.33d4.88 ± 0.29d
UV (logCFUg−1) (min)
51.90 ± 0.31c2.62 ± 0.12c3.26 ± 0.15c3.51 ± 0.34bc4.12 ± 0.16bc
101.48 ± 0.22b2.58 ± 0.13bc3.06 ± 0.11bc3.33 ± 0.32ab4.17 ± 0.18bc
20NDa2.38 ± 0.25a2.86 ± 0.31ab3.12 ± 0.26a3.98 ± 0.11ab
30NDa2.32 ± 0.17a2.54 ± 0.24a2.95 ± 0.36a3.61 ± 0.19a
RF (logCFUg−1) (min)
21.78 ± 0.29c2.71 ± 0.17c3.21 ± 0.11c3.58 ± 0.21bc4.33 ± 0.16c
31.34 ± 0.21b2.54 ± 0.19bc3.02 ± 0.21bc3.34 ± 0.32ab4.27 ± 0.12c
4NDa2.63 ± 0.24c2.91 ± 0.35bc3.26 ± 0.21a4.03 ± 0.12ab
5NDa2.41 ± 0.28a2.88 ± 0.14ab3.07 ± 0.35a3.89 ± 0.19ab

ND not detected

a–dValues with different superscript letters in the same column differed significantly (p < 0.05)

Conclusion

The packaging methods, storage time and temperatures had impact on quality of naan, which were evaluated during the study. The order of naan storage time from long to short in DP at 25°C by total demerit points of sensory was as follows: deoxygenation packaging (DP) > ordinary plastic packaging (OPP) > vacuum packaging (VP). The moisture content of naan stored in OPP, VP and DP at 4 and − 20°C during storage had not significantly different compared to the initial naan, but at 25°C in VP was slight lower, in OPP was higher. The acid values in naan DP stored at 4, 25 and − 20°C was significantly smaller than in OPP and VP (p < 0.05), while packaging methods at − 20°C during storage had no significant influence on the acid values. The order of total microbiological count (MC) of naan from less to more in different packaging methods at 4 and 25°C during storage was DP > OPP > VP, while MC in three packages during storage 40days at − 20°C was not affected. According to the above the results, the DP method could be helpful to prolong the shelf life of naan.

The naan samples in DP with ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) treating were stored at 25°C, which exhibited significant enhancement in some of quality (sensory, acid values and MC) attributes of naan. Storage of naan with ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) treating in DP at 25°C decreased the microorganism growth, the acid values and total demerit points of sensory compared to the control naan. The result of this study clearly indicated that UV and MW treatment can be effectively employed for improving the overall qualities in naan and extended the shelf life, especially MW processing.

Overalls, naan stored in DP at 25, 4 and − 20°C was stable during at least 10, 40 and 49days, respectively, in OPP during 6, 40 and 40days, respectively, in VP during 5, 40 and 40days, respectively. Naan by UV and MW treatment stored at DP at 25°C had long life, which was about 12 and 13days, respectively. It indicated that the DP and MW radiation could be useful in applications of naan, obtaining a good product and with less energy expenses at 4°C.

Acknowledgements

Financial support of this work by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21406133) and National Key Technology Support Program of China (2015BAD29B04).

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