Post-harvest quality of Biofortified vegetables: bibliographical review

• Autor(a) principal: Silva , Thiago Pereira de Paiva
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Florêncio, Roberto Remigio, Santos , Ana Elisa Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ouricuri (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.uneb.br/index.php/ouricuri/article/view/19764
• topic: BioFORT; Hortifruti; Fome Oculta; Agricultura funcional

Biofortification, an important strategy in combating hidden hunger, aims to improve the nutritional quality of basic foods from so-called “functional agriculture” by increasing the bioavailable levels of vitamins and functional nutrients in agricultural products to be harvested. The adoption of this technique tends to result in varieties with better productivity, adapted to the context of climate change and with better nutritional, sensorial and post-harvest characteristics. This bibliographic review aimed to present and discuss results from the literature on post-harvest quality in biofortified vegetables. The methodological procedures were based on the Literature Review, whose survey of the most relevant publications on the subject occurred through articles published in periodicals, dissertations, theses, books, conference annals and monographs available in databases such as the Embrapa, Google Scholar and institutional academic repositories. It is concluded that studies that aim to determine the performance and quality of biofortified vegetables post-harvest are important, aiming to combine the characteristics of productivity, nutritional quality, high durability and sustainability. The challenges are to maintain the quality and nutritional levels of the biofortified product for as long as possible, reduce processing losses, as well as provide longer shelf life.