Pectin-rich purple passion fruit mesocarp/agarose: film properties and impact of coatings on banana preservation

Key Points

• The primary aim is to optimize agarose concentration in pectin-rich matrices for better functional coating films.
• Optimized agarose concentration in pectin-rich matrices from purple passion fruit mesocarp.
• Applied coating films to bananas to assess preservation efforts.
• Improved shelf life of bananas coated with optimized pectin-rich agarose films.