Premium
Firmness of Canned Grapefruit Sections Improved with Calcium Lactate
Author(s) -
BAKER ROBERT A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1993.tb06125.x
Subject(s) - calcium , softening , chemistry , food science , zoology , biology , mathematics , statistics , organic chemistry
Hand cut commercially produced grapefruit sections, packed in either juice or syrup, were treated with 0. ‐ l‐0.5% calcium lactate throughout the 1988–1989 season and monitored for changes in shear force resistance. Firmness of both juice and syrup control packs declined about 40% during the processing season. Calcium addition did not reverse seasonal softening but incrementally decreased loss of firmness during processing. Improvements in texture were independent of seasonal changes, and remained relatively constant throughout the season. Optimal levels of calcium lactate were 0.3–0.4% for juice packed sections and the highest level used (0.5%) for syrup packed sections. Maximum increases in firming due to calcium in juice and syrup packed sections were 38 and 50%, respectively.