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Promolux LED Lighting > Blog > Uncategorized

How Lighting Affects Shelf Life in Supermarkets

While some regions struggle with food shortages, others have the exact opposite problem. Food waste is an embarrassing issue that costs U.S. grocery stores millions each year.

Kristy2025-08-05T05:02:44+00:00March 24th, 2021|
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Will the Trend Towards Online Shopping Negatively Affect the Supermarket Industry?

There’s no doubt that online shopping is mindlessly easy, convenient, and even budget-friendly. Shopping online was once limited to non-perishable items only, but with

Kristy2025-08-05T05:01:06+00:00May 22nd, 2018|
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Photo Oxidation – a Light Induced Stored Food Distress

Photo oxidation is a chemical reaction, where, a substance reacts with oxygen under the influence of light (IUPAC, 1997). Photo oxidation of stored food products brings about nutritional changes,

Kristy2025-08-04T10:25:35+00:00February 19th, 2018|
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Offensive Lighting and Reduced Shelf Life of Fish

Offensive lighting in commercial food display cases can be defined as the lighting that promotes rapid oxidation of the stored food by photo oxidation and radiation, causing, bad odor,

Kristy2025-08-04T10:27:30+00:00February 19th, 2018|
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Light Mediated Temperature Modulation and Extended Shelf Life of Beef

Commercial beef ranging from Hamburg steak to filet mignon has protein, iron, fat and cholesterol in abundance. The shelf life of beef depends on various factors such as the method of preparation

Kristy2025-08-04T10:27:15+00:00February 17th, 2018|
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An Increase in Bacterial and Fungal Contamination of Stored Fruit and Vegetables in Supermarkets – Is Light the Real Culprit?

Fruits and vegetables have a strong link to serious food borne disease outbreaks. The Escherichia coli outbreak

Kristy2025-08-05T05:05:36+00:00February 16th, 2018|
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