The success of most preservation methods depends on how well the processed food is protected from adverse environmental conditions, which is mostly accomplished by packaging. There is a growing pressure in the fruits and vegetables packaging sector to use effective packaging materials with the aim of enhancing the shelf-life. Packaging plays an important role in determining the stability of foods by influencing those factors which cause or contribute to food deterioration during storage. Samples were stored in glass jars or packed in polypropylene bags (200 gauge) at 10◦C for 6 days or stored under ambient condition (27 ± 20◦C) for 6 months, opening them every day to renew the atmosphere of the headspace in order to carry out the analysis of respiration rate, changes in optical and mechanical properties and loss of liquid phase. The temperature was fixed at 10◦C to simulate the abusive temperature that commonly occurs at retail stores and to accentuate any beneficial or negative effects of the post-harvest treatments.