scholarly journals Effects of Infrared Drying Conditions and Maltodextrin Addition on Some Physicochemical Characteristics of Avocado (Persea americana) Pulp Powder

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 11803
Author(s):  
Thi-Van-Linh Nguyen ◽  
Quoc-Duy Nguyen ◽  
Thi-Thuy-Dung Nguyen ◽  
Phuoc-Bao-Duy Nguyen

In this study, avocado pulp with a good nutritional profile and economic value was dehydrated using infrared drying to produce pulp powder, which shows potential application in nutritional supplements. An experimental design with two factors, namely maltodextrin level (0% and 9%) and infrared temperature (ranging from 65 to 80 °C), was used. Responses related to the physicochemical properties of the resulted powder were observed, including peroxide value, total polyphenols, total chlorophylls, antioxidant activity, and color parameters (L*, a*, and b* values). The quality of dried products may be harmed by drying either at a high temperature or for an extended period of time. The coating substance maltodextrin was found to be beneficial in limiting unexpected changes in avocado pulp subjected to infrared drying. The highest quality of dried avocado could be obtained via infrared drying of avocado pulp with 9% maltodextrin at 70 °C, as illustrated by the exceptional retention of total polyphenols, total chlorophylls, and antioxidant activity, being 95.1, 95.2, and 94.4%, respectively. Moreover, the short drying time (35–55 min) led to the minimization of lipid oxidation and the absence of peroxide compounds in all samples.

REAKTOR ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abadi Jading ◽  
Eduard Tethool ◽  
Paulus Payung ◽  
Sarman Gultom

PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAGO STARCH OBTAINED FROM FLUIDIZED BED DRYING USING SOLAR AND BIOMASS POWERED CROSS FLOW FLUIDIZED BED DRYER. The research aim is to study the comparative quality of sago starch drying results using cross flow fluidized bed dryer powered by solar and biomass in conventional drying, particularly the chemical composition and physicochemical characteristics. This research was conducted through a drying phase of wet sago starch using a cross flow fluidized bed dryer, and drying in conventional as well as dried sago starch quality testing results are drying. The results of this study indicate that dry sago starch which has been drained by means of cross flow fluidized bed dryer has a chemical composition that does not vary much with starch which is dried by conventional drying, so that the dried sago starch produced by the dryer is very good. On the other hand the use of dryers is the more correct because the physicochemical properties of sago starch using a low drying temperature and drying time is short. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mempelajari perbandingan kualitas pati sagu hasil pengeringan menggunakan alat pengering cross flow fluidized bed bertenaga surya dan biomassa dengan pengeringan secara konvensional, khususnya komposisi kimia dan karakteristik fisikokimia. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui beberapa tahapan yaitu pengeringan pati sagu basah menggunakan alat pengering cross flow fluidized bed, pengeringan secara konvensional serta pengujian kualitas pati sagu kering hasil pengeringan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pati sagu kering yang telah dikeringkan dengan alat pengering cross flow fluidized bed memiliki komposisi kimia yang tidak berbeda jauh dengan pati yang dikeringkan dengan cara pengeringan secara konvensional, sehingga pati sagu kering yang dihasilkan oleh alat pengering tersebut sangat baik. Di sisi lain penggunaan alat pengering ini semakin memperbaiki sifat fisikokimia pati sagu sebab menggunakan suhu pengeringan yang rendah dan waktu pengeringan yang singkat.   Kata Kunci: pengering unggun terfluidakan; fisikokimia; pati sagu


J ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-443
Author(s):  
Dhrubajyoti Singha ◽  
Md. Fahad Jubayer ◽  
Kumkum Devnath ◽  
Delara Akhter ◽  
Thottiam Vasudevan Ranganathan ◽  
...  

Aloe Vera leaves have great potential as an economic supplement with an adequate nutritional profile. The current study aimed to fortify plain (loaf) cakes with Aloe Vera leaf gel (AVG) powder. AVG was freeze-dried to produce Aloe Vera powder (ALP), and four plain (loaf) cakes were prepared with different proportions of ALP (0, 4, 6, and 8%). ALP contained significantly (p < 0.05) more protein (22.23 vs. 12.24), ash (19.83 vs. 0.64), and iron (175 vs. 3.05) than refined wheat flour (RWF). Along with total polyphenols and total flavonoids, ALP demonstrated good antioxidant activity. ALP-cakes and RWF-cakes were also evaluated for their nutritional and functional properties. The addition of 6 and 8% ALP to the formulation increased total polyphenols, total flavonoids, and antioxidant activity in plain (loaf) cakes. Hardness and chewiness increased in ALP-cakes but decreased in RWF-cakes, while cohesiveness and springiness decreased in ALP-cakes. In conclusion, the best formulation was a 4% ALP incorporated cake, and ALP can be supplemented in plain cakes at a rate of up to 8% to improve nutrient value. This is the first study to evaluate the quality characteristics of fortified plain (loaf) cakes using ALP.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 507-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paz Spira ◽  
Antonio Bisconsin-Junior ◽  
Amauri Rosenthal ◽  
Magali Monteiro

The effect of high hydrostatic pressure on antioxidant activity, total phenolic compounds, physicochemical characteristics, color, pectin methylesterase activity, and microbiological count were evaluated during the shelf life of Pêra-Rio orange juice. Pressurized (520 MPa, 60 ℃, for 360 s), non-processed and pasteurized (95 ℃/30 s) orange juice were compared at zero time of storage. Pressurized and pasteurized juices were studied during a refrigerated 90-day shelf life. Pressurization did not cause expressive change in physicochemical characteristics of Pêra-Rio orange juice along shelf life, but significantly reduced pectin methylesterase residual activity to 13% and microbiological counts below detection levels up to 68 days of storage, with small counts (30.0 × 10 CFU/mL mesophilic aerobic bacteria and 20.7 × 10 CFU/mL yeast and mold) at 90 days, capable of ensuring the juice’s stability along shelf life. Lightness ( L*) and b* values were significantly reduced by high hydrostatic pressure during shelf life, while a* values were significantly higher. Ascorbic acid decreased around 80% during shelf life. Antioxidant activity remained stable after processing and during storage.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1003 ◽  
pp. 260-267
Author(s):  
Xian Feng Wu ◽  
Xu Jia Li ◽  
Xin Zhi Bei

Based on the drying technology principle of lithium-ion battery cathode coating, the variation law of dry base moisture content and drying rate in the process of hot-air drying and infrared drying was studied. The experimental results show that the cathode coating of lithium-ion battery dried under hot-air and infrared conditions can be divided into three stages: increasing-rate, constant-rate, and falling-rate. The constant-rate stage is the main drying stage, accounting for more than 50% of the weight loss, the falling-rate stage is the main energy consumption stage, accounting for more than 50% of the time. Under the condition of hot-air, the change level of airspeed is the main influencing factor of the drying process, and the drying time can be reduced by about 35% for each 0.7 m/s increase in airspeed. Under infrared conditions, the change level of radiation power is the main influencing factor of the drying process, and the drying time can be reduced by about 34.1% for every 100W of power increase. The optimal drying conditions under hot-air conditions are: air temperature 90 °C, airspeed 2.3 m/s; the optimal drying conditions under infrared conditions are: radiation distance 13 cm, radiation power 200 W. By comparing the best conditions of hot-air and infrared, it can be known that the drying efficiency is higher in the infrared condition and the drying duration is 160 s, but the energy utilization rate in the falling-rate stage in the infrared condition is lower than that in the hot-air condition. Therefore, when infrared drying enters the falling-rate stage, it can be supplemented by hot-air drying to further improve the drying efficiency.


Author(s):  
NUR AINI DEWI PURNAMASARI ◽  
MUHAMMAD DZAKWAN ◽  
GANET EKO PRAMUKANTORO ◽  
RACHMAT MAULUDIN ◽  
ELFAHMI

Objective: Peel-off gel mask is an alternative preparation which can increase the convenience of use and is expected to increase the antioxidant activity of myricetin nano-phytosomes. Myricetin has various activities, namely as a natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, allergy, and anti-cancer. This study aims to determine the nano-phytosome myricetin can be formulated into a gel peel-off mask, determine the concentration of PVA which has the best physical properties of the gel peel-off mask, and determine the antioxidant activity. Methods: The thin layer hydration method was used to manufacture Myricetin nano-phytosomes, then dried using the freeze-drying method. The resulting nano-phytosome characterization included particle size, polydispersion index, zeta potential and absorption efficiency. Peel-off gel mask were made with variations in the concentration of the PVA gelling agent, namely F1 3.5%, F2 7%, F3 14%. The resulting peel-off gel mask was tested for physical quality including organoleptic test, homogeneity, pH, viscosity, adhesion, drying time and testing for antioxidant activity. Results: The resulting peel-off gel mask has the good physical quality and met the existing requirements, where the different PVA concentrations resulted in different physical qualities, the higher the PVA, the faster the dry time. All three formulas exhibited very strong antioxidant activity based on DPPH assay with IC50 value of 14.8 ppm (F1), 15.37 ppm (F2), and 15.87 ppm (F3). Conclusion: Myricetin nano-phytosomes can be formulated into a gel peel-off mask, Formula 2 with a 7% concentration of PVA produces the best physical quality of the peel-off gel mask, the three gel peel-off mask formulas have excellent antioxidant activity.


Food Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (S6) ◽  
pp. 107-111
Author(s):  
M.A. Maysami ◽  
R. Sedighi ◽  
H. Ghaffari

Drying is a process to increase the shelf-life of fruits by decreasing their water content. It is one of the energy consuming processes in food engineering. In many studies, the drying time duration and quality of dried fruits were investigated. In this study, the energy consumption in different drying conditions was investigated for the apple in a laboratory convection dryer. The drying conditions were the application of the temperatures of 40, 50, and 60°C and the speeds of 0.5 and 1 ms-1 for the drying air using the insulated and non-insulated drying chambers. Independent from drying duration, the highest energy consumption was recorded as 11.2 kWh for the non-insulated dryer under the drying air condition of 40°C and 0.5 ms-1 . While the lowest energy consumption was only 5.8 kWh for the insulated dryer with the drying air condition of 40 and 50°C and the same 0.5 ms-1 . The drying duration for these conditions was 537, 313, and 233 mins. To achieve the shortest drying time (153 mins), the condition of 60°C and 1 ms-1 in the insulated dryer was used which caused the energy consumption of 7.2 kWh.


2009 ◽  
Vol 283-286 ◽  
pp. 604-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.V. García-Pérez ◽  
J.A. Cárcel ◽  
J. Benedito ◽  
M. Blasco ◽  
A. Mulet

Grape stalk constitutes a by-product of wineries with low economic value. The extraction of compounds with antioxidant capacity may be considered as an alternative to increasing its value. Prior to extraction there must be a drying process, which may affect not only the product structure but also the antioxidant activity of extracts. The aim of this work was to address the influence of grape stalk drying conditions on the subsequent extraction of antioxidant compounds. Prior to the extraction experiments, grape stalk was dried under different conditions: freeze dried and hot air dried at different temperatures (40, 70 and 100 °C). The extraction experiments were carried out at 60 °C using ethanol-water (80 % v/v) as solvent. Extracts were taken after 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240 and 1380 min. Antioxidant concentration in the solvent was evaluated by measuring the total antioxidant activity using the FRAP method. Extraction kinetic was modelled from the evolution of antioxidant concentration in the solvent using a diffusion model. Extracts obtained from freeze dried samples presented the highest antioxidant concentration, almost double that from hot air dried samples. Among these, the highest antioxidant concentration was found for samples dried at 100 and 40 °C. The freeze dried samples also showed the highest kinetic parameters: effective antioxidant diffusivity and mass transfer coefficient.


Author(s):  
Crina Carmen MURESAN ◽  
Anca FARCAS ◽  
Simona MAN ◽  
Ramona SUHAROSCHI ◽  
Romina Alina VLAIC

The present study focuses on the influence of adding mushroom powder on a certain assortment of pasta. The research comprises two major directions: the study of the raw materials used to produce pasta from a compositional point of view and the quantification of some biologically active compounds of interest; emphasizing the potential of using Boletus edulis mushroom powder in the composition of pasta and evaluating the quality of the product from a nutritional and sensorial point of view. For this purpose, two types of pasta have been created, with different percentages of mushroom, 10% and 20%, but also a blank sample obtained in the same conditions, but without mushroom powder. To achieve the goal the following analyzes were conducted: proteins, total polyphenols, antioxidant activity, fat, humidity, ashes, acidity, increase in volume of the boiled pasta and customers’ preferences.By using sensory analysis has been established that the consumers preferred pasta enriched with 10% mushroom powder. In conclusion, the addition of mushrooms flour assures an enhancement of the nutritional value, as well as of the organoleptic characteristics of the final product.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Michele C. M. Bombardelli ◽  
Gracielle Johann ◽  
Christiane S. Machado ◽  
Yohandra R. Torres ◽  
Fernando Palú ◽  
...  

Araçá fruit extracts were dried at different air conditions, and an investigation of the impact of drying on the volatile composition and antioxidant activity of araçá extracts was conducted. The effective moisture diffusivity varied between 8.542 × 10−8 and 13.34 × 10−8 m2/min. Fruit extracts dried at 50°C and 2.0 m/s had the highest total antioxidant activity (1916.10 mgascorbic acid/100 garaçá). The highest phenolic content (556.28 mgGAE/100 garaçá) was obtained when fruits were dried at 40°C and 1.5 m/s, but the resulting extract contained high amounts of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a contaminant formed in sugar-rich foods as a result of heating. Araçá extracts had similar qualitative profiles of volatile compounds by GC-MS, with caryophyllene being the most abundant terpene, followed by 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one, selina-3,7(11)-diene, γ-terpinene, γ-cadinene, and α-salinene. HMF corresponded to the major peak in all chromatograms, proving that thermal drying affected the quality of the extracts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 03060
Author(s):  
Pattarachai Vichaiya ◽  
Jiraporn Sripinyowanich Jongyingcharoen

The purposes of this research were divided into two parts: (1) to determine the drying characteristics and quality of parboiled paddy undergoing vibratory bed assisted infrared (VIR) drying, and (2) to study the stability of rice bran from the VIR-dried parboiled paddy. Infrared (IR) drying and hot air (HA) drying were applied for comparison purpose. For the experiment 1, VIR drying of parboiled paddy provided the best drying characteristics with the shortest drying time of 50 min and the maximum drying rate of 0.00146 g water/g dry matter·min. VIR drying also produced the greatest head rice yield of 61.3%. The experiment 2 presented that rice bran from VIR-dried parboiled paddy had the highest oil content of 0.256 ± 0.041 g/g dry matter and the most stable in term of minimum change in free fatty acid (FFA) content. The increase in FFA during storage for 14 days was 0.36%. However, the increases in FFA of rice bran from IR-and HA-dried parboiled rice and normal rice were 0.38, 1.36, and 4.10%, respectively.


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