Qualidade de ovos comerciais de acordo com a integridade da casca, tipo de embalagem e tempo de armazenamento

Abstract

The aim of this work was evaluate the internal and external quality of table eggs (unfertile) with or without microfissures, packed in conventional cardboard pulps or with plastic films (PVC), and stored for one or 14 days. Were used 160 white table eggs of Light Layers (Hy line-W36), collected in four different periods. Each fifteen days, 40 eggs from the same portion, separated by weight (between 52 and 58 grams), and selected according with the shell integrity, were classified as fissured or not fissured, by macroscopic visualization (twenty eggs per category). The evaluations that the present work handles, were carried out in the 1st and in the 14th day, after the laying, respectively. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with factorial arrangement (2x2x 2). The variables studied were: Haugh Unit (UH), yolk index (YI), albumen index (AI), Yolk pH (YpH), pH albumen (pHA), fungus incidence (FI), shell percentage (SP), shell thickness (ST) and air chamber (AC). There was effect (P<0.05) of the shell integrity on the SP and FI. Was observed an increase (P<0.05) in the SP to the eggs without fissure when compares to those with fissures, probably because of the higher water loss, promoted by the fissures. For the results of FI it was seen that there was a decrease (P<0.05) on fungus values to the eggs without shell fissure in relation to the fissured eggs. It was observed effect (P<0.05) of the packaging type on the variables UH and TS, with higher results seen in these variables when eggs were revested by PVC film. The time storage influenced (P<0.05) the UH, AC, YpH, ApH, YI and AI. Presenting higher results for (UG, YI and AI), and lower results for (AC, YpH, ApH) in the first day of storage.There was interaction of the packaging type time X of storage, when the eggs aconditionated in open packaging for 14th days presented higher values for fungus incidence, due to environment exposition and excess of humidity, allowing proliferation of these microorganisms.