GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCE
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Effect of packaging on the proximate composition of stored citrus essential oil-preserved smoked clupeids (E. fimbriata and S. maderensis)
https://doi.org/10.31248/GJFS2025.082 | Article Number: 7B609EAC1 | Vol.7 (4) - October 2025
Received Date: 20 May 2025 | Accepted Date: 08 August 2025 | Published Date: 30 October 2025
Authors: Oladosu-Ajayi, R. N.* , George, F. O. A. , Alegbeleye, W. O. and Olateju, O. P.
Keywords: proximate composition, Ethmalosa fimbriata, Sardinella maderensis., lemon essential oil, packaging materials, storage period.
The study examined the preservative potentials of lemon peel oil for smoked Clupeids, Ethmalosa fimbriata and Sardinella maderensis in combination with packaging materials on the proximate composition. Two hundred samples (400 nos: 200 each of both fish samples were divided into two: one part was coated with lemon peel oil (packaged and unpackaged in sterile polyethylene bags), while the uncoated part (packaged and unpackaged in sterile polyethylene bags) served as control. Triplicate samples of fish were aseptically stored in cartons and evaluated weekly for its nutritional components during a 12-week storage period. All data were analysed using Analysis of Variance. Packaged preserved fish samples had significantly (p<0.05) better and higher nutritional components than the unpackaged samples. The study concluded that packaging materials in combination with essential oil from lemon peel are efficient in preserving stored smoked fish and the nutrients for which consumers go for it during storage time.
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