Cucumber Fruit Packing Software:
Cucumber Fruit Packing Software for all cucumber packing, sorting, grading, washing: Pack cucumber for domestic and export, full cucumber inventory, cucumber quality inspection, cucumber orders sales and shipping. Cucumber packing audits, traceability and cucumber recalls.
Cucumber Fruit Packing Software manages food safety
Extending the shelf-life of fresh produce through innovative packaging is one measure that can help towards reducing food waste. For example, a cucumber wrapped in packaging stays fresh for up to 14 days, while an unwrapped cucumber stays fresh for about 5 days.
Cucumber packaging
According to the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, about one-third of all food produced on the planet is lost and not consumed by humans. The fresh fruits and vegetables category accounts for 44% of total global food losses. Furthermore, FAO reported that around half (45-55%) of all fruits and vegetables produced worldwide is lost or wasted along the supply chain. In medium- and high-income countries, most food waste happens at the retail and consumption stages of the supply chain.
Cucumbers have a reputation for freshness. They brighten the flavour of everything from salads to summer cocktails. However, cucumbers are highly perishable and suffer from moisture loss, shriveling, yellowing, peel damage, and decay. Discover with our infographic how specialized Amcor packaging can help to reduce food waste of fresh produce this cucumber season.
Cucumber Fruit Packing Software for reduced food & fresh produce waste
Harvesting and Handling
Cucumbers are harvested at a range of developmental stages. Depending on cultivar and temperature, the time from flowering to harvest may be 55 to 60 days. Generally fruit are harvested at a slightly immature stage, near full size but before seeds fully enlarge and harden. Immature fruit are green at the edible stage, except in a few cultivars where they are white or yellow. Firmness and external glossiness are also indicators of a pre-maturity condition. At proper harvest maturity, a jellylike material has begun to form in the seed cavity.
Straight, uniformly cylindrical fruit slightly tapered at both ends are of highest quality. Additional quality indices include size, freedom from growth or handling defects, freedom from decay, and lack of yellowing.
Cucumbers are listed as non-climacteric, yet there is a burst of ethylene production that precedes a rapid loss of chlorophyll in mature fruit. Most fresh-market cucumbers are packed in fiberboard boxes.