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CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY AND KEEPING QUALITY OF DRIED FLOWER PRODUCTS USING SELECTED PACKAGING MATERIAL

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Title CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY AND KEEPING QUALITY OF DRIED FLOWER PRODUCTS USING SELECTED PACKAGING MATERIAL
 
Creator BHUPENDER, OULAKH
 
Contributor RADHA RANI, P
 
Subject developmental stages, drying, packaging, productivity, selection, keeping quality, planting, preservation, storage, dryers
CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY, DRIED FLOWER
 
Description Flowers play an important role in making the life of the human beings more
cheerful and happy. Dried flowers are almost like natural flowers in color and looks, but
without any moisture. They are fragile and require careful handling. A wide variety of dried
flowers are prepared for good quality products but after some time due to the dust,
humidity, molds and insects they may spoil their colour and shape. Therefore dried flower
products’ display packaging is of prime requirement in the present competitive market.
Hence the study “consumer acceptability and keeping quality of the dried flower products
using selected packaging materials” was taken up with the following objectives- to develop
dry flower products using selected packaging material, to study the consumer acceptability
of the developed dry flower products and to evaluate the effect of packaging material on
keeping quality of the developed dried flower products.
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Experimental and exploratory research designs were adopted for present research.
As part of the departmental state plan research Rose, Chrysanthemum, Gerbera, Orchid,
Carnation, Chandani, and Gloxinia were dried using various techniques like air drying,
press drying and desiccant drying (silica gel, borax and sand) whereas glycerin drying was
used for foliage drying. The same dried flowers were treated, preserved and artistically
arranged in display packaging and value added products namely shadow box, table mount,
greeting-frame, potpourri and paperweight were developed using selected packaging
materials i.e. wooden fiber-board, glass, acrylic, plastic (PVC) and thermocol. Size of the
display packaging, design and type and colour of flowers were kept same for all the similar
kind of products to know the consumer acceptance for the selected packaging materials.
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To evaluate the consumer acceptance, interview schedule was used to obtain basic
data for comparison. 100 consumers were selected purposively from Hyderabad and
Secunderabad and the consumer acceptance test was performed by 5-point scale. The
products were evaluated by consumers in respect of visual appearance, size, weight, cost,
ease of maintenance, durability and overall acceptability.
In this study keeping quality of dried flowers was assessed under open and covered
conditions at room temperature for three months (February to April). The effect of
packaging materials on the dried flowers was determined by sensory evaluation in respect
of colour retention, shape retention and overall quality (fungus, insects and mould growth)
using 5-point scale ranging from not retained to fully retained. Subjective evaluation of
physical characteristics of dried flower products was conducted by a panel of five judges
comprising of staff & P.G. students of Resource Management & Consumer Sciences
Department, College of Home Science, Hyderabad. For quantitative analysis colour of the
dried flowers was examined by spectrophotometer and weigh-ment method was used for
moisture analysis before and after three months of storage.
From the results it was evident that wooden fiber-board packaging was highly
preferred by majority of the consumers for shadow box, greeting frame and paper-weight.
It might be due to good visual appearance, durability, sturdy and ease in maintenance.
Acrylic was given first preference for table mount and potpourri followed by glass,
plastic and thermocol. It might be due to transparent characteristic of the material which
allows the consumer to see the beauty of the dried flower arrangement inside the container
and it is also stronger than glass.
Quantitative analysis of colour through spectrophotometer noted negligible colour
fading in the flowers after three months of storage. Through moisture content analysis no
change in moisture content was found after three months of storage of dried flowers in
wooden fiber-board and glass packaging materials.
It was also noted that, better keeping quality of dried flowers was obtained in
selected packaging materials while poor keeping quality was observed in the flowers which
were stored in open condition. It shows that at the end of three months the dried flowers in
open condition were not having good keeping quality as compared to dried flowers in
different packaging materials. It might be due to the direct exposure of dried flowers with
the environmental factors. The dried flowers arranged in different packaging material
resulted more resistance to shrinkage, colour retention and enhanced keeping quality.
Hence, the study helps us to understand the importance of consumer acceptability and
keeping quality of dried flower products regarding selected packaging materials.
 
Date 2016-06-04T14:19:19Z
2016-06-04T14:19:19Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/66781
 
Language en
 
Relation D9201;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY