Fresh Puree Research Articles

Powder Qualities of Foam-Mat Dried Mango

The objectives of this study are to demonstrate powder qualities of foam-mat dried mango using different foaming agents and then compare mango powder qualities of foam-mat drying method to that of the studies in other drying methods. Fresh puree of Mahajanaka mango (Mangifera indica L.) grown in the north of Thailand is mixed with glyceryl monostearate (GMS), sugar and soybean isolated (SBI) in different ratios as foaming agents, after that is dried at 70 °C in a tray dryer for 5 h. The color and % foam overrun revealed that GMS with sugar treatments contribute a decent quality more than that with SBI. Therefore, powder qualities of foam-mat dried mango using GMS with sugar are analyzed. Different ratios of GMS and sugar are not affected by their moisture content, solubility, and hygroscopicity values. The best powder quality is found when added 1 % GMS with 5 % sugar during storage at 90 %RH, and 38 ± 2 °C. Comparing the foam-mat dried mango qualities to other drying methods. It was found that foam-mat dried mango indicated a similarity appearance and moisture to spray dried and freeze-dried mango. The disadvantage of foam-mat drying method is a lowest solubility and hygroscopicity, but the more advantage of this method could be a low operation and maintenance cost. Therefore, good qualities of foam-mat dried mango powder with a cost-effective production would be a commercial potential for small-medium enterprise or community enterprise utilization. HIGHLIGHTS Mango powder qualities produced by a foam-mat drying as good as that 1 manufacturing using freeze drying and spray drying Foam-mat drying technology is a cost-effective production proper for a small-medium community enterprise especially in Thailand Foam-mat mango powder can apply for ingredients in a food manufacturing such as bakery, ice-cream, instant drinking and so on. This could be created mango usage diversity GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Effect of cultivar, pasteurization and storage on the volatile and taste compounds of strawberry puree

An untargeted GC-MS approach was performed to study the stability of the volatile fraction and taste of five different single-cultivar strawberry purees during pasteurization (95 °C/1 min) and accelerated storage (14 d at 35 °C). The PLS-DA results showed that the volatile fraction varied markedly among the cultivars in fresh purees; with Honeoye and Sengana exhibiting the most distinctive profiles with more than 8 discriminative markers. However, the differences among the five cultivars remained similar upon pasteurization and storage. Pasteurization generally resulted in changes on the volatile fraction, that could be cultivar dependent, and decrease in glucose and fructose. The contents of hexanal, alcohols and some esters decreased whereas acetate esters increased. During storage, losses of esters, alcohol terpenes, hexanal and the formation of off-flavors (e.g. dimethyl sulfide, α-terpineol and hydrocarbons) occurred for all cultivars, whereas sugar contents remained constant. Food manufactures should pay attention to an adequate raw material selection as the strawberry cultivar strongly influences the volatile fraction and taste of the resulting puree after pasteurization and during storage.

The effect of thermal processing and storage on the color stability of strawberry puree originating from different cultivars

The effect of cultivar on color (CIELab values, anthocyanin content and % polymeric color), chemical composition (vitamin C, total phenolic content) and enzyme activities during thermal processing and subsequent storage (35 °C for 14 days) as well as their suitability for puree processing was evaluated for twelve strawberry cultivars. Degradation of anthocyanins, color (based on a* and C* values) and total phenols during thermal processing (95 °C, 1 min) was cultivar dependent whereas vitamin C decreased similarly in all cultivars. Despite different levels of POD and PPO activity observed in fresh purees of the different cultivars, these enzymes were completely inactivated in all cultivars after pasteurization. Anthocyanin degradation, which was accompanied by a fade in red color, and loss of vitamin C were remarkable during a 14-day storage period, but the rate differed among the cultivars. In contrast, polymeric color formation was unaffected by the cultivar. Despite the differences in initial chemical composition, Rendezvous, Senga Sengana and 6082 were the cultivars exhibiting the highest anthocyanin stabilities and lowest % polymeric color values after storage, being good candidates for processing, and suggesting that some intrinsic factors (e.g. copigments) in these cultivars could affect anthocyanin stability.

Fresh, freeze-dried or cell wall samples: Which is the most appropriate to determine chemical, structural and rheological variations during apple processing using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy?

Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was applied on fresh (NF), freeze-dried (FD) and cell wall materials (AIS) of raw and processed apples. These samples prepared from 36 apple sets and the corresponding 72 purees, issued from different varieties, agricultural practices, storage periods and processing conditions, were used to build models including exploratory analysis, supervised classification and multivariate calibration. Fresh and freeze-dried samples presented similar fingerprint spectral variations due to processing. ATR-FTIR directly on fresh purees satisfactorily predicted textural properties such as particle average size and volume (RPD>3.0), while freeze-drying improved assessment of chemical (RPD>3.2) and rheological (RPD>3.1) parameters using partial least-squares regression. The assessment of texture and macrocomponents of purees can be obtained with a limited sample preparation. For research applications because of a need of sample preparation, changes of cell wall composition during fruit processing could be assessed in relationship with pectin degradation.

Increasing the nutritional value of strawberry puree by adding xylo-oligosaccharides

The present study identified the threshold concentration of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) that resulted in minimal quality changes (rheology, color, water activity, pH, and total soluble solids) in strawberry puree. Optimization of XOS concentration to 5% (w/w) did not significantly alter the quality attributes of the strawberry puree. In addition, this study also monitored the rheological properties, composition (total soluble solids, total phenolic content, flavonoids, and tannin content), physicochemical attributes (color, water activity, pH) and sensorial properties of XOS-enhanced (5%, w/w) strawberry puree after thermal processing (HTST: 75 °C, 15s and UHT: 121 °C, 2s) and storage after 1, 15, and 36 days at 4 °C and 55 °C. At 5% (w/w) concentration, the addition of XOS increased consumer preference without significantly compromising quality attributes. Thermally treated strawberry puree (HTST and UHT) were less preferred by consumers than fresh puree. However, all strawberry samples incorporated with XOS (5%, w/w) received statistically higher scores than the samples without the XOS addition. Thus, the proposed supplementation of strawberry puree with XOS could be a viable solution to increase consumers’ dietary fiber intake with little need for behavioral changes.

"Value Stream Map" and energy consumption in agro-industrial juice fruit processing

The objective of this study is to provide a good "benchmark" case in juice fruit production plants for comparing their performance in terms of energy consumption and final product "yield". In particular, the industrial step-by-step processes performed for the production of natural fresh orange juice, fruit juices and purees will be dissected, also referring to the operations. By exploiting the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) methodology, we report general energy consumptions due to the main production processes and highlight the most energy-intensive ones, in order to provide a base for the selection of useful and reasonable key performance indicators. Furthermore, we include some sectorial KPIs that have been extracted from the literature.

Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) fruit as a new source of milk-clotting cysteine proteases.

This work reports the characterisation of caseinolytic and milk-clotting activities of proteases extracted from ripe fruits of Morinda citrifolia L., as a potential of their use in cheese production. Noni puree extract (NPE) was obtained by homogenising the fresh puree in 150 mM NaCl/50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). The resulting protein concentration was of 0.367 ± 0.006 mg/mL, and an electrophoretic profile of the extract revealed protein bands ranging from 14 to 55 kDa. The proteolytic activity of NPE was higher when the extract had been previously incubated at pH 6.0 (8.859 ± 0.216 U/mg), whereas the optimum caseinolytic activity was observed at 50 °C. Noni puree proteases were strongly (98%) inhibited by iodoacetamide and E-64, suggesting the presence of only cysteine proteases in the crude extract. NPE proteases showed a milk-clotting activity (MCA) of 238.80 ± 5.29 U/mL, a specific milk-clotting activity (SMCA) of 9950.17 ± 220.74 U/mg, and an SMCA/PA ratio of 1124.31 ± 24.94, this last being comparable to those of commercial calf rennet. The cheese manufactured using NPE presented brittle and soft texture, high humidity, and showed sanitary conditions compatible with current Brazilian regulations. The product showed a slightly bitter taste, but still good acceptability, rating between 6 and 7 in the hedonic scale for flavour, texture, and overall acceptance. Lastly, there was 60% of positive purchase intent, demonstrating that noni fruit is a promising source of milk-clotting enzymes for the dairy industry.

Sensory Attributes of Composite Breads from Shelf Storable Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Puree

Abstract Technological advances in baking have enabled the use of bread as a food vehicle for various nutrients through use of composite flours. Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree subjected to cold chain storage has been used to enrich bread with beta-carotene. However, this has proven expensive and inconsistent in supply of puree. This study sought to develop shelf-storable OFSP puree bread with similar sensory qualities to fresh OFSP puree bread. Bread in which two treatments of shelf-storable OFSP puree (treatments 1 and 2 with 0.5% potassium sorbate+0.5% sodium benzoate+1% citric acid and 0.2% potassium sorbate+0.2% sodium benzoate+1%citric acid respectively) were incorporated at 30% and 40% and were subjected to descriptive sensory analysis with white and fresh puree breads as controls. The results indicate that both the 40% and 30% wheat substitution with either treatment 1 or 2 OFSP puree bread are acceptable to the consumers, p<0.05. The saltiness, smoothness and crumb color scores for shelfstorable OFSP puree bread were similar to those of fresh puree bread but were significantly (p<0.05) higher than that of white bread. Shelf-storable OFSP puree bread had similar sensory profile to fresh OFSP puree bread thus can be exploited as an alternative to fresh puree bread.

Impact of fruit texture on the release and perception of aroma compounds during in vivo consumption using fresh and processed mango fruits

Two fresh (fresh cubic pieces, fresh puree) and two dried (dried cubic pieces, dried powder) products were prepared from a homogenous mango fruit batch to obtain four samples differing in texture. The aromatic profiles were determined by SAFE extraction technique and GC–MS analysis. VOCs released during consumption were trapped by a retronasal aroma-trapping device (RATD) and analysed by GC–MS. Twenty-one terpenes and one ester were identified from the exhaled nose-space. They were amongst the major mango volatile compounds, 10 of which were already reported as being potential key flavour compounds in mango. The in vivo release of aroma compounds was affected by the matrix texture. The intact samples (fresh and dried cubic pieces) released significantly more aroma compounds than disintegrated samples (fresh puree, dried powder). The sensory descriptive analysis findings were in close agreement with the in vivo aroma release data regarding fresh products, in contrast to the dried products.

산수유 퓨레로 제조한 젤리의 품질 특성

산수유 퓨레로 제조한 젤리의 품질 특성

Effect of reciprocating agitation thermal processing (RA‐TP) on quality of canned tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) puree

Reciprocating agitation thermal processing (RA-TP) is a recent innovation in the field of canning for obtaining high-quality canned food. The objective of this study was to compare RA-TP processing with conventional non-agitated (still) processing with respect to the impact on quality (color, antioxidant capacity, total phenols, carotenoid and lycopene contents) of canned tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) puree. Owing to a 63-81% reduction in process times as compared with still processing, tomato puree with a brighter red color (closer to fresh) was obtained during RA-TP. At 3 Hz reciprocation frequency, the loss of antioxidant, lycopene and carotenoid contents could be reduced to 34, 8 and 8% respectively as compared with 96, 41 and 52% respectively during still processing. In fact, the phenolic content for RA-TP at 3 Hz was 5% higher than in fresh puree. Quality retention generally increased with an increase in frequency, although the differences were less significant at higher reciprocation frequencies (between 2 and 3 Hz). Research findings indicate that RA-TP can be effective to obtain thermally processed foods with high-quality attribute retention. It can also be concluded that a very high reciprocation frequency (>3 Hz) is not necessarily needed and significant quality improvement can be obtained at lower frequencies (∼2 Hz). © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

Effect of Storage on the Physico‐Chemical and Antioxidant Properties of Strawberry and Kiwi Leathers

Strawberry and kiwi leathers were used to develop a new healthy and preservative-free fruit snack for new markets. Fruit puree was dehydrated at 60 °C for 20 h and subjected to accelerated storage. Soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH, water activity (aw ), total phenolic (TP), antioxidant activity (AOA) and capacity (ORAC), and color change (browning index) were measured in leathers, cooked, and fresh purees. An untrained panel was used to evaluate consumer acceptability. Soluble solids of fresh purees were 11.24 to 13.04 °Brix, whereas pH was 3.46 to 3.39. Leathers presented an aw of 0.59 to 0.67, and a moisture content of 21 kg water/100 kg. BI decreased in both leathers over accelerated storage period. TP and AOA were higher (P ≤ 0.05) in strawberry formulations. ORAC decreased 57% in strawberry and 65% in kiwi leathers when compared to fruit puree. TP and AOA increased in strawberries during storage. Strawberry and Kiwi leathers may be a feasible new, natural, high antioxidant, and healthy snack for the Chilean and other world markets, such as Europe, particularly the strawberry leather, which was preferred by untrained panelists.

INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND BLENDING TIME ON QUALITY OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED PUREE FROM FOUR MELON TYPES

Demand for natural and fresh fruit juice with high quality in terms of nutritional value, physiochemical and sensory characteristics compared to pasteurized products has considerably increased. The objective of this study was to determine the optimal blending conditions to obtain high quality minimally processed melon puree. A Central Composite Design was developed, and ten temperature/time combinations, ranging from 0 to 21°C, and from 5 to 140 s were tested. Fresh purees from 4 melon types (‘Cantaloupe’, ‘Galia’, ‘Amarillo’, and ‘Piel de Sapo’) stored at 5°C for 6 days were compared. For all genotypes, physical (color, consistency), chemical (vitamin C, total phenols, antioxidant capacity, pH, titratable acidity, total soluble solids) and sensorial attributes (browning, smoothness, odor, freshness, sweetness and acidity) were monitored before processing, and at the end of cold storage. Time of blending influenced puree smoothness; fruits blended for about 80 s reached their optimal homogeneity. For ‘Cantaloupe’ and ‘Piel de Sapo’ puree, time of blending significantly impacted on vitamin C (higher reduction for blending longer than 60 s). Moreover in ‘Cantaloupe’ puree the increase of process temperature reduced the total phenolic content indicating a possible oxidation. ‘Amarillo’ melon puree was the most sensitive to color changes; time of treatment significantly affected a*, b*, and Chroma attributes, inducing a high proportion of browning during storage. On the other hand, processing conditions did not affect the quality parameters of ‘Galia’ puree with the exception of L* value which decreased with the increase of the time of processing. Although quality attributes limiting melon puree’s shelf-life depended more on the melon type, blending time was the most critical factor affecting nutritional and sensorial losses. A general recommendation for all melon types is to blend melons at low temperatures for not longer than 80 s.

Variable Retort Temperature Profiles for Canned Papaya Puree

AbstractConstant retort temperature (CRT) processes for thermally treated foods are usually time‐consuming and have drastic impact on food quality. Variable retort temperature (VRT) processes may decrease the processing time and may retain better the food nutritional quality. Five isolethal profiles (one CRT and four VRT) for preparing papaya puree (pH 3.8) were designed using pectin methyl esterase as the target enzyme for thermal processing, and their effect on the puree quality was evaluated. The objective was to compare these profiles based on processing time, vitamin C retention, consistency index and color. The VRT isolethal profiles reduced the processing time up to 33.3% compared with CRT, whereas vitamin C, consistency index and chroma were retained up to 65, 71 and 89%, respectively, compared with fresh puree. The best resulting treatment was a VRT upstairs profile (75C/19 min, 80C/8.5 min, 90C/10.7 min and 6C/20.8 min). The results show that the use of VRT profiles allows retaining the nutritional quality of canned papaya puree.Practical ApplicationsThis research explored the use of variable retort temperature to increase product quality and improve processing time in canning of papaya puree. In an upstairs profile, 65% of vitamin C was retained compared with fresh product. The results would be useful for canning of conduction‐heated foods.

Effect of consuming hi-oleic peanuts on adiposity and cardiometabolic health

Effect of consuming hi-oleic peanuts on adiposity and cardiometabolic health

Kinetics of temperature increase during tomato processing modulate the bioaccessibility of lycopene

The nutritional benefit of bioactive metabolites depends on their bioavailability, i.e. the proportion that leaves the food matrix, and crosses the enteral barrier to reach their cellular target. The present study focused on lycopene, the major and bioactive tomato carotenoid, the bioavailability of which is known to be enhanced in cooked products.To better understand how processing may facilitate lycopene release, we assessed whether hot-break (HB) or cold-break (CB) treatments influence the tomato lycopene bioaccessibility. HB and CB are used in the tomato industry to modulate texture of purees through endogenous cell-wall lytic enzymes activity. HB and CB processes were mimicked through microwave heating, leading to a differentiated temperature rise in the product. The HB and CB models led to the expected differences, i.e. more viscous puree for HB with low methanol. The ability of the tomato matrix to release lycopene was measured as the extractability of lycopene to oil under standardized mixing conditions. We expected that CB treatment, by enhancing cell-wall degradation, would lead to enhanced lycopene bioaccessibility.The opposite was observed: oil contained three times less lycopene when mixed by CB (around 0.3μgml−1; similar to results obtained with fresh purees) than when mixed by HB (around 0.9μgml−1), although HB caused more lycopene degradation. Kinetics studies indicated that the quick rise of temperature at the beginning of HB treatment was a key parameter.

Gelation of Persimmon Puree and Its Prevention by Enzymatic Treatment

Fresh persimmon puree showed a rheological behavior corresponding to a weak gel, where storage modulus (G′) prevailed over loss modulus (G″). In a temperature sweep test (from 25–80–25 °C), G′ values increased at temperatures above 60 °C and continued increasing during the subsequent cooling step showing a wide scattering. These changes indicated a gelation phenomena that resulted in a more rigid and irregular gel structure. The gelation was lower in the acidified puree (pH 4.4) than in the puree at its natural pH (5.9). The addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetate sodium avoided the increase of G′ during the heating and reduced the G′ increase in the cooling step. Thus, gelation in persimmon puree occurred by a heat-set gelation influenced by pH, and also by cold-set gelation depending on an ionotropic mechanism. The incubation of persimmon puree with Viscozyme L (1 g/L, 25 °C, 30 min) allowed to obtain a more fluid product able to tolerate a thermal processing at 85 °C without gelation. During the incubation with Viscozyme L, the pH of the persimmon puree decreased monotonically as a consequence of its pectinmetylesterase activity, and the continuous measurement of pH could be used to monitor this process.

Effects of Microwave Heating on Sensory Characteristics of Kiwifruit Puree

The effect of microwave processing on the characteristics of kiwifruit puree was evaluated by applying various gentle treatments. Different combinations of microwave power/processing time were applied, with power among 200–1,000 W and time among 60–340 s, and various sensory and instrumental measurements were performed with the aim of establishing correlations and determining which instrumental parameters were the most appropriate to control the quality of kiwi puree. The water and soluble solids of the product, 83 and 14/100 g sample, respectively, did not change due to treatments. For sensory assessment, an expert panel was previously trained to describe the product. Fourteen descriptors were defined, but only the descriptors ‘typical kiwifruit colour’, ‘tone’, ‘lightness’, ‘visual consistency’ and ‘typical taste’ were significant to distinguish between kiwifruit puree samples. The instrumental analysis of samples consisted in measuring consistency, viscosity, colour and physicochemical characteristics of the treated and fresh puree. Applying intense treatments (600 W–340 s, 900 W–300 s and 1,000 W–200 s) through high power or long treatment periods or a combination of these factors, mainly affects the consistency (flow distance decreased from 5.9 to 3.4 mm/g sample), viscosity (increased from 1.6 to 2.5 Pa/s), colour (maximun ΔE was 6 U) and taste of the product. As a result, samples were thicker and with an atypical flavour and kiwifruit colour due to increased clarity (L* increased from 38 to 43) and slight changes in the yellow–green hue (h* decreased from 95 to 94). For the instrumental determinations of colour and visual perception of consistency, the most suitable parameters for quality control are the colour coordinates L*, a*, h*, whiteness index and flow distance measured with a Bostwick consistometer.

Continuous Flow Microwave‐Assisted Processing and Aseptic Packaging of Purple‐Fleshed Sweetpotato Purees

Pumpable purees from purple-flesh sweetpotatoes (PFSP) were subjected to microwave heating using a 60 kW, 915 MHz continuous flow system, followed by aseptic packaging in flexible containers to obtain a shelf-stable product. Initial test runs were conducted using a 5 kW 915 MHz microwave system to measure dielectric in-line properties and examine the puree temperature profiles. The results demonstrated uniformity in heating of the puree at sterilization temperatures (>121 degrees C), and the dielectric constants and loss factors were within the range of published values for orange-fleshed sweetpotato purees. The pilot-scale test runs in a 60 kW microwave unit produced shelf-stable puree packages stable at room temperature. Polyphenolic content of the PFSP purees were evaluated and the results showed that while total phenolics increased (5.9%) and total monomeric anthocyanins slightly decreased (14.5%) with microwave application, antioxidant activity determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assays did not significantly change as a result of microwave processing. Color values showed that microwave-processed samples differed from fresh puree in saturation and hue angle, but not in overall color change. PFSP purees increased in gel strength when microwave processed, packaged, and stored, but the gel could be easily disrupted into flowable purees. Overall, high-quality retention can be obtained by microwave processing and aseptic packaging of PFSP purees so that they can be used as functional food ingredients.

Effects of pre‐freezing, puree content and pasteurisation regime on colour stability of strawberry nectar made from puree

AbstractBACKGROUND: Heat treatment during processing of strawberry products has been proposed to negatively affect colour stability. Moreover, the role of enzymes with respect to colour stability is ambiguous when consulting the existing literature. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of various processing parameters (pre‐freezing, puree content, pasteurisation temperature and heating time) on the colour stability and anthocyanin monomer and L‐ascorbic acid contents of strawberry nectars made from puree. In addition, the effect of different enzyme activities on colour stability during storage of strawberry nectars was investigated.RESULTS: Pre‐freezing of strawberries before processing had a significant positive effect on the colour stability of nectars made from puree. No significant effect on colour stability was found for higher puree contents. Increasing both the pasteurisation temperature and the heating time had a significant positive effect on colour stability. Results showed that colour degradation during storage was mainly due to residual enzyme activities. The shelf‐life of strawberry nectar could be extended about fivefold by adding an enzyme inhibitor.CONCLUSION: The colour stability of strawberry nectar made from fresh puree may be improved to some extent by an appropriate pasteurisation regime. Enzymes play an important role in colour degradation during storage of the nectar. Inactivation of these enzyme activities, however, could not be achieved even after a heat treatment at 90 °C for 60 min. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry