Preservative film for citrus fruits made from pectin, agarose, and coconut oil.

Abstract

The invention relates to a film for preserving citrus fruits made of pectin, agarose, and coconut oil, comprising: i) a film-forming mixture consisting of: pectin as the film matrix, agarose to enhance the film's strength and structural stability, and glycerol as a plasticizer, in which the mass ratio of pectin to agarose is 2:1; and the mass ratio of pectin to glycerol is 10:3; and ii) coconut oil to increase the film's plasticity and hydrophobicity; in which the mass ratio of coconut oil to pectin is between 5% and 15%.