since they were not submitted to draining and
partial drying and were immediately packaged after the pre-cooking
step. The regression models were significant (p 0.05) for all the
treatments evaluated. The fresh food pastas intercalated with polyethylene
films and with biodegradable films containing no potassium
sorbate suffered a slight increase in moisture content of about
2 g 100 g1 up to the 14th day of storage, not differing significantly
from each other during storage. On the other hand, the food pastas
intercalated with films containing sorbate suffered significant reductions
in moisture content. In these treatments the films became
quite moist due to water migration from the pastas to the films