Evaluation of Maturity and Ripening Quality Analysis of Banana

Abstract

Food quality is an attribute of food that indicates its acceptability to consumers. Checking the nutritional value plays an important role in the food quality analysis. Fruits provide nutrients that are vital for the human body. They are rich in vitamins, potassium and are low in fat, sodium and calories. Consumption of these fruits help in keeping the human body healthy. However, these nutrients are dependent on how the fruits are ripened. Fruits are artificially ripened using chemicals and the most popular ones are ethephon and calcium carbide. These artificially ripened fruits have lesser nutritional values and also cause dizziness, memory loss, seizures, sleepiness. In this paper we propose a novel approach for detecting the quality of the fruit with the help of a handy device that uses the principle of Near-infrared spectroscopy.