How to Ensure Durian Fresh From the Orchard to Customers

Freshliance Fresh Tag 1 single use USB temperature data logger can monitor and record temperature changes during the cold chain and storage of durian, from the orchard and distributors to customers to ensure the durian maintains its best quality and flavor.

Durian is known as “The King of Fruits” in Southeast Asia. Over the past few years, durian has enjoyed a growing appeal globally via its exquisite taste and flavor and rich nutritional value. Meanwhile, the product has gained remarkable popularity as filling and flavor in the food industry. Growing application of paste form of this fruit in different food products including dessert, cakes, pastries, ice cream, biscuits jams, chips, candies, chocolates, and juice. 

Ships and trains carry durians from Thailand and Malaysia to various world regions. Durian, as one unique type of fruit with a high exothermic reaction, to preserve its quality,  flavor, appearance and freshness all the while from the steps of orchard and distributors to customers, requires special care and handling and transport under specific temperature restrictions. This climacteric fruit, when stored at 15°C, has extended shelf-life. Relative humidity of 85% to 95% is best. Fruit ripened at a lower relative humidity (75%) have a better eating quality that is less juicy and easier to dehusk than fruit ripened at higher relative humidity. The pulp of half to near full ripe fruit is much less sensitive to chilling injury than the peel, and the pulp can be stored for 4 weeks at 5°C. Whole fruit stored at less than 15°C develops chilling injury.

Our Fresh Tag 1 single use usb temperature data logger has a variety of models to cover 7, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, or even 180 day trips to meet the concrete needs of various applications. Freshliance single use USB temperature data logger comes with a compact design to save space during transportation. You can place these temperature data loggers with your durian cargo in ships and trucks. Moreover, this USB temperature sensor is equipped with red, green and yellow indicators, which can indicate its alarm, ok and fault status. After the trip the completed, you can tear off its plastic bag, and plug it into the computer. The report with graph and table will be automatically generated.