Osmotic dehydration (OD) is a widely used preservation technique that consists in the reduction in food water activity by the immersion of the biological tissue in hypertonic solutions. The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of pulsed electric fields (PEF) in mass transfer as a pre-treatment of the OD using NMR. In this sense, PEF pre-treatments were done using three different voltages (100, 250 and 400. V/cm) and 60 number of pulse. The OD of kiwifruit was carried out in 61.5% of sucrose solution at 25. °C, for a contact period from 0 to 120. min. The water distribution into the cellular tissue was studied by NMR relaxometry. In conclusion, NMR is an excellent technique for quantifying water molecules according to their interactions in the fruit tissue, obtaining the adsorbed water and opening the possibility to apply the BET model to fit the adsorbed isotherm over the whole range of water activity.

Traffano-Schiffo, M.V., Laghi, L., Castro-Giraldez, M., Tylewicz, U., Rocculi, P., Ragni, L., et al. (2017). Osmotic dehydration of organic kiwifruit pre-treated by pulsed electric fields and monitored by NMR. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 236, 87-93 [10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.02.046].

Osmotic dehydration of organic kiwifruit pre-treated by pulsed electric fields and monitored by NMR

LAGHI, LUCA;CASTRO GIRALDEZ, MARTA
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TYLEWICZ, URSZULA;ROCCULI, PIETRO;RAGNI, LUIGI;DALLA ROSA, MARCO;
2017

Abstract

Osmotic dehydration (OD) is a widely used preservation technique that consists in the reduction in food water activity by the immersion of the biological tissue in hypertonic solutions. The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of pulsed electric fields (PEF) in mass transfer as a pre-treatment of the OD using NMR. In this sense, PEF pre-treatments were done using three different voltages (100, 250 and 400. V/cm) and 60 number of pulse. The OD of kiwifruit was carried out in 61.5% of sucrose solution at 25. °C, for a contact period from 0 to 120. min. The water distribution into the cellular tissue was studied by NMR relaxometry. In conclusion, NMR is an excellent technique for quantifying water molecules according to their interactions in the fruit tissue, obtaining the adsorbed water and opening the possibility to apply the BET model to fit the adsorbed isotherm over the whole range of water activity.
2017
Traffano-Schiffo, M.V., Laghi, L., Castro-Giraldez, M., Tylewicz, U., Rocculi, P., Ragni, L., et al. (2017). Osmotic dehydration of organic kiwifruit pre-treated by pulsed electric fields and monitored by NMR. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 236, 87-93 [10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.02.046].
Traffano-Schiffo, Maria Victoria; Laghi, Luca; Castro-Giraldez, Marta; Tylewicz, Urszula; Rocculi, Pietro; Ragni, Luigi; Dalla Rosa, Marco; Fito, Pedr...espandi
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