Studies on the quality of the vegetable cans from the trade network of the municipality of Iasi

Abstract

The object of this paper was the quality of some assortments of vegetable cans, found in the commercial network of the Iasi City or imported from other countries, for comparison. Most of the products were found within the sensory qualitative parameters required by standards. However, some cans had defects: slightly opaque covering liquid (five assortments) or even thick (in Pickles). Some vegetables have shown a beginning of breaking or strange bodies. Vitae d’oro peas in water had not properly calibrated seeds. On the surface of the vegetable zakuska, we found black mould spots. In vinegar-canned vegetables, the titrable acidity varied between 0.86 and 0.26 g acetic acid /100 g product. In the products made of water thermo-sterilized vegetables, the content of sodium chloride varied between 1.05 and 0.7%. The vegetable concentrates have shown high values of the soluble DM (24 280Bx).