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Osmotic dehydration of guava: influence of replacing sodium metabisulphite with honey on quality
Author(s) -
Duangmal Kiattisak,
Khachonsakmetee Supaluck
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01906.x
Subject(s) - citric acid , dehydration , sodium , ascorbic acid , osmotic dehydration , food science , chemistry , calcium , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Summary Guava slices were subjected to pre‐treatment by soaking in a solution containing 0.25% (w/v) sodium metabisulphite, 0.5% (w/v) ascorbic acid, 1% (w/v) citric acid, 1% (w/v) calcium chloride and either 0%, 1% or 3% (v/v) honey. A higher concentration of metabisulphite [0.5% (w/v)], but no honey, was also prepared as a reference. After osmotic dehydration, the guava slices were dried at 60 °C. During 24 weeks of storage, the measured texture values of products indicated that an addition of honey significantly delayed the increase in hardness and cutting work in guava slices compared to other treatments ( P ≤ 0.05). Pre‐treatment with 0.5% (w/v) metabisulphite without honey or 0.25% (w/v) metabisulphite with 1% (v/v) honey maintained colour during storage better than with 0 or 3% (v/v) honey. The result showed good agreement with colour score evaluation. Overall results suggested that 1% (v/v) honey was the best pre‐treatment condition.