**7.6 Tomatoes**

Tomatoes are one of the most vulnerable food products in the world due to their delicate structure. This obviously makes storage of these food products quite difficult since they even undergo rapid deteriorative changes after harvesting. There have been some successful findings on the positive impact of edible coatings on the shelf life of Tomato (**Table 1**).


#### **Table 1.**

*Impact of edible coating materials on food products.*

Application of edible coatings have demonstrated a positive result in terms of improving the shelf life and preserving the quality of tropical fruit. Edible coatings have been added to pitaya [40], soursop [41], pineapple [42], papaya [43], banana [44], longan [45], and guava [46].
