Quality
components of fruits and vegetables are classified into the external
such as size (weight, volume and dimensions), colour, shape
(diameter/depth ratio), external defects etc. and the internal such as
sugar content, acid content, firmness, maturity etc and internal
characteristics.Agricultural products have the characteristics of being ‘low value added’ as compared with other industrial commodities. Because of this, application of start-of-the-art technology to agricultural sectors has been relatively recently activated and various up to date techniques have now reached the point of practical implementation.