High pressure CO2 improves dried fig quality maintenance

Dr. Deniz Baltaci studies the protection of figs with carbon dioxide to maintain the quality and sulfuryl fluoride to control stored products pests, reaching a wide knowledge about the effect of those treatments. As information easily usable for the commercial practice, the following: The figs were treated one and two times with High Pressure CO2. Interestingly the figs without treatment and with one time treatment show less browning? but more sugaring as two times treated figs. Storage temperature and relative humidity are important factors at dried figs. The author indicates that dried figs should be treated under high pressure CO2 for 2 hours at 15 or 20 bar and then? stored under 5?C in well air isolated? plastic bags. Relative humidity should not be more than 60%.?