Problem
Wilted salad
Here is what FoodHQ can say about this, with sources.
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How to tell it is this
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Wilted salad shows as leaves wilting and shrivelling at the edges.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.3. Increased Transpiration authoritative
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Wilted salad shows as a limp bite with no crispness left.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.5. Increased Texture Loss authoritative
What went wrong
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Wilted salad is caused by turgor loss.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.3. Increased Transpiration authoritative
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Wilted salad is caused by transpiration water loss.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.3. Increased Transpiration authoritative
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Wilted salad is caused by postharvest senescence.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- medium
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.3. Increased Transpiration authoritative
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Wilted salad is caused by postharvest respiration.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Recent Advances in Technologies for Preserving Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables (Foods 14(16):2769) 2.2. Enhanced Respiration Rate authoritative
How to avoid it next time
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To prevent wilted salad: store in humid air.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
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To prevent wilted salad: chill.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Physio-Metabolic Mechanisms Behind Postharvest Quality Deterioration in Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica) and Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris L. var. Cicla): A Review (Plants 13(22):3174) 3.1.3. Respiration in Other Leafy Vegetables authoritative