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Ohmic heating assisted polyphenol oxidase inactivation of watermelon juice: Effects of the treatment on pH, lycopene, total phenolic content, and color of the juice
Author(s) -
Makroo H. A.,
Saxena J.,
Rastogi N. K.,
Srivastava B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of food processing and preservation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1745-4549
pISSN - 0145-8892
DOI - 10.1111/jfpp.13271
Subject(s) - chemistry , browning , polyphenol oxidase , food science , lycopene , flavor , polyphenol , joule heating , phenols , thermal treatment , antioxidant , carotenoid , enzyme , biochemistry , materials science , peroxidase , composite material
Fresh watermelon juice was treated at 90 °C by hot‐water (HW) and ohmic (OH) treatment (with SS:316 electrodes) for 15, 30, 45 and 60 sec. PPO activity was reduced to 36.15 and 8.87% in 60 sec by HW and OH treatment respectively. The PPO inactivation was fitted to the first order model; the reaction constant (k), D 90 obtained was 0.02 s −1 , 115.1 sec, and 0.062 s −1 , 37.1 sec for HW and OH treatment respectively. During both the treatments of watermelon juice total phenols (TPC) showed significant change whereas no significant change was observed in lycopene content. Total change in color (Δ E ) during OH treatment was found lesser as compared to HW treatment, hue angle was found to increase at a higher rate in HW than that of OH treatment. Finally it was concluded that PPO of water melon juice can be inactivated rapidly by OH than HW treatment. Practical applications Enzymatic browning and lycopene degradation are the major factors that limit the storage of watermelon juice. High temperatures and processing times employed during thermal processing cause deleterious changes in the color, flavor, and sensory aspects of the product. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the comparative effect of ohmic and conventional heating on inactivation of PPO as well as quality changes in watermelon juice so as to suggest a time‐efficient alternative that can be explored further for commercial packaging.