All the processing factors—blanching time, sodium
metabisulphate concentration and processing time had
significant influences on vitamin C content, microbial
quality and the sensory characteristics of canned green
pepper. Increasing blanching time consistently
decreased the vitamin C content of the canned products.
Also, its combined effect with processing time and salt
concentration also yielded similar effects. Processing
time also had significant effects on the vitamin C and
microbial quality of the canned products as well as its
interactions with the other processing factors.
Increasing processing time caused significant
decreases in vitamin C and microbial load of the
product.