In recent years, consumers have become more health conscious in their food choices
but they also have less time to prepare healthy meals. As a result, minimally processed
(MP) products have become an important sector of the food industry because of their
‘fresh-like’ qualities, convenience and speed of meal preparation. In this study, the
physical qualities of MP potatoes (‘Désirée’ variety) stored for 7 days in vacuum
packaging were evaluated. The shelf life of MP potatoes was effectively extended to
nearly 1 week under refrigerated storage by using vacuum packaging systems. The
main quality parameters were constant during storage.