Tomatoes Handling During Transportation And Effect On The Color Change

Tomato fruit is one of the horticultural products are widely used in fresh form as vegetables and fruits, or in processed form as raw material for the food industry such as pasta (tomato sauce) and drinks. Damages that occur early in horticultural products such as tomatoes post harvest usually caused by the activities of packaging and transportation. Based on that it is necessary for the proper treatment can reduce the damage of tomato fruit, so the color of fresh tomatoes can be maintained. One handling on the packaging of tomatoes that with the addition of a cushioning material or filler as a container on a wooden box. The filler may serve to dampen vibration, resistant to pressure and piles. The filler to be used in the manufacture of packaging tomatoes are ingredients derived from plant fibers hyacinth and banana bark. The mixture will be processed to produce pulp. The resulting pulp is then molded and dried. Molded is used as a filler material in a wooden box. Reducer produced has a bearing properties and resilience press more better than the shredded paper as a coating on the wooden box, so as to dampen vibration and reduce the rate of mechanical damage of tomatoes.