scholarly journals Nutrient Compositions and Total Polyphenol Contents of Selected Dried Fruits Available in Selangor, Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fawwaz Khairuddin ◽  
Hasnah Haron ◽  
Hanis Mastura Yahya ◽  
Nur Ain Hafizah Che Malek
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Portion Size ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Nutrient Density ◽  
Fruit Samples ◽  
High Sugar Content ◽  
Dried Fruit

Dried fruits contained higher amount of energy and nutrient density compared to the fresh ones. This study was conducted to determine and compare the content of nutrients and polyphenols in dried dates, raisin, apricot and fig. Dried fruit samples were bought from three different stores in Selangor and analyzed in triplicates. AOAC (1997) standard methods were used for proximate analyses. The total sugar and polyphenol contents were determined using Dubois and Folin-Ciocalteu methods, respectively. Highest moisture content was found in dried apricots (35.26%) while the lowest one was in Mariami dates (21.68%). Dried apricots also contained highest total ash content (4.54%) while Safawi dates have the lowest one (2.45%). Dried figs contained the highest crude protein (3.93%) and fat contents (4.02%) while Safawi dates have lowest protein (2.57%) and fat (0.09%) contents. Total carbohydrates were highest in Safawi dates (72.81%) and lowest in dried apricots (56.09%). Highest total sugar content found in Mariami dates (48.61%) and lowest in dried apricots (10.35%). Total phenolic content in golden raisin contained significantly (p < 0.001) highest polyphenol content (562.15 mg GAE/100 g) than others while dried figs have the lowest one (151.04 mg GAE/100 g). Dried fruits analyzed in this study contained high nutrients and polyphenol contents which are suitable to be consumed as an alternative for snack, with a caution on the portion size due to the high sugar content.

scholarly journals Effects of Different Postharvest Storage Methods on the Quality Parameters of Chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.)

HortScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Engin Ertan ◽  
Esra Erdal ◽  
Gülsüm Alkan ◽  
Burak E. Algül
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Castanea Sativa ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Total Carbohydrate ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Fruit Samples ◽  
Total Starch

This trial was initiated in the harvest season of 2010 to determine the effects of traditional and cold storage on the fruit quality properties of chestnuts during the harvest and postharvest periods. Physical and biochemical analyses were conducted on fruit samples collected about once every 2 weeks from the middle of September until the end of December. Specifically, the shell and kernel colors (hue, chroma), water activity (aw), and total sugar (%), total starch (%), total carbohydrate (%), and tannin (ppm) contents were determined. Under traditional and cold storage conditions, the total sugar content of the chestnuts increased whereas the total starch content decreased during the storage period. In addition, the maximum tannin content was measured in fruit that was cold stored for a period of 60 days.

scholarly journals Pembuatan Bioetanol Dari Pati Umbi Talas (Colocasia esculenta [L] Schott) Melalui Hidrolisis Asam dan Fermentasi

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Mariskian M. Sadimo ◽  
Irwan Said ◽  
Kasmudin Mustapa
Keyword(s):  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Hydrolysis Time ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
High Sugar ◽  
High Sugar Content ◽  
Root Starch

Taro plant contains high enough of carbohydrate, so it can be used as an alternative raw material for producing bioethanol. This study aimed to determine the ratio of hydrochloric acid to taro root starch and hydrolysis time of taro root starch for producing a high sugar content, as well as to determine the bioethanol content produced from the fermentation of taro root starch using baker’s yeast. The results showed that the best ratio of hydrochloric acid 15% to the taro root starch was at 10:1 (v/w), resulted in a total sugar content of 0.651%. The best hydrolysis time of taro root starch was 2.5 hours, resulted in sugar content of 0.653%. The fermentation of sugar resulted in from hydrolysis was carried out at room temperature for 5 days. The ethanol content obtained from the fermentation was 7.716%.

scholarly journals Sugar Content in UK Breakfast Cereals: A Market Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (OCE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom J. Butler ◽  
Evelyn S. Birman ◽  
Neil Hancock ◽  
J. Bernadette Moore
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Food Category ◽  
Free Sugars ◽  
Breakfast Cereals ◽  
Cereal Products ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
The Uk

AbstractBreakfast cereals are known to provide a nutrient-dense meal and are a useful source of carbohydrate, fibre and micronutrients. However, in the UK cereal products are the primary contributor of free sugars in the diets of children aged 1.5 to 10 years; and are the second leading source of free sugars in children aged 11 to 18 years and adults aged 19 to 64 years. For this reason, breakfast cereals were included among food items recommended by the UK government for a 20% reduction in sugar by 2020 for childhood obesity prevention. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the nutrient contents, including sugars, of breakfast cereals sold in the UK, in particular those marketed to children. Nutritional information and ingredients of cereal products available in five major online supermarkets in the UK, in 2018, were collected into a comprehensive database for analysis. A systematic process flow approach was utilised to separate products into nine distinct categories. Children's products were stratified both on being wholegrain rich (≥ 50%, WG) or not (NWG), and on total sugar content; with > 12.3g/100 g defined as ‘highly flavoured and sweetened’ (HFS) versus ‘plain’ containing ≤ 12.3g/100 g (the target set by the UK for industry sugar reduction). Of the 757 unique products surveyed, 97 cereals were categorised as children's. Cereals not explicitly marketed to children were categorised as either ‘family favourites’ (containing < 50% wholegrains), ‘free-from and organic’, ‘porridge and oats’, ‘healthier with dried fruits’, or ‘healthier without dried fruits’ (healthier defined as wholegrain rich, ≥ 50%). Children's HFS products (n = 78) contained by far the highest sugar contents of all cereals examined. While there was no difference in total sugar between NWG/HFS (n = 69, median [range]: 29.0g/100 g [12.4, 41.0]) and WG/HFS (n = 9, 22.0g/100 g [13.6, 26.0]) cereals; these were much higher (P < 0.01) than the median sugar contents (8.8–19.0g/100g) observed in the other seven product categories. Children's NWG cereals contained dramatically lower fibre (NWG/HFS: 3.5 [0, 8.7], NWG/Plain: 1.6g/100 g [1.3, 7.2]) than all other product categories (7.3–9.1g/100 g; P < 0.001). Similarly, NWG/HFS cereals were lower in protein content (7.4/100 g [3.6, 17.2]) than the non-children's cereals (8.8–11g/100 g; P < 0.05). In conclusion, children's categories of cereal contain significantly greater amounts of sugar and lower amounts of fibre and protein than other cereal categories. Despite their fortification with vitamins and minerals, reformulation of this food category should be a priority alongside additional sugar-reducing strategies.

scholarly journals Sweet sorghum (Sorghum dochna L.) restorer lines effects on nutritional parameters of stalk juice

2009 ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Éva Erdei ◽  
Pál Pepó ◽  
János Csapó ◽  
Szilárd Tóth ◽  
Béla Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Sweet Sorghum ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Reducing Sugar ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Nutritional Values ◽  
Material Content ◽  
Nutritional Parameters ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
High Sugar Content

Sweet sorghum can be utilized for bioethanol production because it has high sugar content (14-17%). We determined the most important nutritional values of 5 silo type sorghum lines in waxy and full maturation. The examined restorer lines were: RL 4, RL 9, RL 15, RL 18, K 1. The following nutritional parameters were examined: dry material content, refractometric total sugar content, reducing sugar content. In waxy maturation 73.85-87.37% of dry matter in stalk juice makes the total sugar. Dry  material content, total and reducing sugar content of stalkdecreases from waxy mature to full maturation.There are differences between lines in dry matter (SzD5%=0.76), total sugar (SzD5%=0.79), reducing sugar content (SzD5%=0.30). RL 4 performed a decrease in total sugar content from 10.07% to 10.02% during this period, reducing sugar also decreased from 4.01% to 2.47%. RL 9 performed a decrease in total sugar content from 11.76% to 11.08% during this period. Reducing sugar also decreased from 3.17% to 2.01% in the waxymaturation. RL 15 showed a total sugar content decrease from 15.43 % to 15.36%. The reducing sugar also decreased from  3.23% to 1.71% in waxy maturation. In RL 18 total mean sugar content during waxy maturation was 13.78% which dropped to 13.26% approaching full maturation. Reducing sugar also decreased from 4.11% to 2.23% in waxy mature. K 1 performed a decrease in total sugar content from 9.35% to 6.15% during this period, while reducing sugar also decreased from 1.52% to 0.77%. These lines upcoming for experiments are perspectives since having excellent stalk juice nutritional parameters they are of great or very great height and their stalks are thick-very thick, stalk medullas are wet.

scholarly journals Phenotyping Local Eggplant Varieties: Commitment to Biodiversity and Nutritional Quality Preservation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Martínez-Ispizua ◽  
Ángeles Calatayud ◽  
José Ignacio Marsal ◽  
Rubén Mateos-Fernández ◽  
María José Díez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Germplasm Collections ◽  
Fruit Skin ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
High Sugar Content ◽  
Wide Variability

Given the little variability among commercialised eggplants mainly in developed countries, exploring, and structuring of traditional varieties germplasm collections have become a key element for extending ecotypes and promoting biodiversity preservation and consumption. Thirty-one eggplant landraces from Spain were characterised with 22 quantitative and 14 qualitative conventional morphological descriptors. Landraces were grouped based on their fruit skin colour (black-purple, striped, white, and reddish). Landraces B7, B20, and B24 were left out for their distinctive fruit characteristics. Wide variation for plant, leaf, flower, and fruit phenology traits was observed across the local landraces, and fruit descriptors were considered the most important ones. In a second experiment, landraces, B14, B16, and B17 were selected to determine fruit quality. By contemplating the benefits provided by antioxidants and sugars for human health, pulp antioxidant capacity, total phenolic, ascorbic acid, carotenoid, flavonoid, and total sugar content were determined. Significant differences were observed across these three landraces, and B14 was highlighted for its antioxidant properties, while B17 stood out for its high sugar content. B16 did not stand out for any traits. The results indicate the wide variability in eggplants for their phenotypic and nutritional characteristics, which emphasises the importance of traditional varieties as the main source of agricultural biodiversity.

scholarly journals Kuşburnu Marmelatlarının Bazı Fizikokimyasal ve Mikrobiyolojik Özelliklerinin Belirlenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe Özbey ◽  
Nilgün Öncül ◽  
Kader Tokatlı ◽  
Metin Yıldırım ◽  
Zeliha Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Fecal Coliform ◽  
Phenolic Content ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Ascorbic Acid Content ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Microbiological Properties

In this study, some physicochemical and microbiological properties and antioxidant capacity of 30 rosehip marmalades produced in Tokat province by industrial or regional methods were determined. pH, water activity, viscosity, total dry content, total soluble solids, total ash, total sugar content, total ascorbic acid content and Hunter values (L*, a* and b*) were carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of samples and the means were 4.12, 0.881, 2501.6 cP, 56.12%, 56.86, 0.935%, 50.24 g/L, 173.43 mg/100g, 30.89, 10.90 and 15.11, respectively. The count of S. aureus, total and fecal coliform was not detected in any samples. The total phenolic content and TEAC were performed to investigate antioxidant capacity and the average values were 921.62 mg GAE/100 g and 66.93 µmol trolox/g.

Mid and near Infrared Study of Carbohydrates by Canonical Correlation Analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Robert ◽  
M.F. Devaux ◽  
A. Qannari ◽  
M. Safar
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Infrared Region ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
Near Infrared Spectra

Multivariate data treatments were applied to mid and near infrared spectra of glucose, fructose and sucrose solutions in order to specify near infrared frequencies that characterise each carbohydrate. As a first step, the mid and near infrared regions were separately studied by performing Principal Component Analyses. While glucose, fructose and sucrose could be clearly identified on the similarity maps derived from the mid infrared spectra, only the total sugar content of the solutions was observed when using the near infrared region. Characteristic wavelengths of the total sugar content were found at 2118, 2270 and 2324 nm. In a second step, the mid and near infrared regions were jointly studied by a Canonical Correlation Analysis. As the assignments of frequencies are generally well known in the mid infrared region, it should be useful to study the relationships between the two infrared regions. Thus, the canonical patterns obtained from the near infrared spectra revealed wavelengths that characterised each carbohydrate. The OH and CH combination bands were observed at: 2088 and 2332 nm for glucose, 2134 and 2252 nm for fructose, 2058 and 2278 nm for sucrose. Although a precise assignment of the near infrared bands to chemical groups within the molecules was not possible, the present work showed that near infrared spectra of carbohydrates presented specific features.

scholarly journals Measurement of Total Sugar Content of Residue from Bioenergy Pig Excreta in Marsh-Gas Sinks

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (16) ◽  
pp. 9421-9422 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Peng ◽  
E.V. Davis ◽  
L.X. Wang ◽  
C.W. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Total Sugar Content

scholarly journals Influence of various factors (temperature, humidity, light) on the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of bisquis

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
A. N. Gulyaeva ◽  
M. S. Voronina ◽  
N. V. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Total Content ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Black Currant ◽  
Confectionery Products ◽  
High Sugar Content ◽  
Total Antioxidant ◽  
Phenolic Substances

Confectionery - food products, usually with a high sugar content, characterized by high calorie content and digestibility. They are divided into groups: sugar, flour confectionery, chocolate, cocoa. The following types of products are used as the main raw materials for the preparation of confectionery products: flour (wheat, rye, corn, rice, oatmeal, etc.), sugar, honey, fruits and berries, milk and cream, fats, eggs, yeast, starch, cocoa, nuts, food acids, gelling agents, flavoring and aromatic additives, food dyes and baking powder. The high content of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, as well as polyunsaturatedfatty acids and some vitamins determines the significant value of confectionery products. The influence of shelf life on biscuit semi-finished products prepared according to the classical recipe using pomace powder and concentrated juice of black currant and blueberry berries is shown. Methods used in the experimental part: measurement of the total phenolic content using the Folin-Chekelau reagent, the total content of flavonoids and anthocyanins, the level of free radical capture DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrilhydrazyl), the total antioxidant activity by the FRAP method and the antioxidant activity in the linoleic acid system. It was found that the content of phenolic substances, flavonoids, anthocyanins and antioxidant activity is greatly influenced by high humidity and a constant light source. These indicators are significantly reduced, but when stored in a vacuum, this decrease in indicators can be slowed down.

scholarly journals Nutritive value of tomatillo fruit (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.)

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Ostrzycka ◽  
Marcin Horbowicz ◽  
Włodzimierz Dobrzański ◽  
Leszek S. Jankiewicz ◽  
Jan Borkowski
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Oxalic Acid ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Dehydroascorbic Acid ◽  
Total Sugar ◽  
Ripe Fruit ◽  
Total Sugar Content ◽  
The Given

Tomatillo is widely cultivated in Mexico but is little known in other countries. The chemical composition of fruit from field grown plants was investigated during several vegetative seasons. Tomatillo contained a relatively high percentage of dry matter (7-10%) and extract (6.6-7.4%). Its potassium content was lower than that of tomato growing in the same conditions. The content of iron was higher, and that of other elements was comparable, depending on the conditions during the given year. The total sugar content amounted to 2.8-5.7%, depending on the selected population. The percentage of glucose and fructose decreased during ripening and that of saccharose increased. The content of pectic substances was similar as in tomato but the proportions of particular fractions was different. Tomatillo contained more acids than tomato, and showed an especially high citric and malic acid content. The latter decreased drastically during ripening. The content of oxalic acid was 11-18 mg 100 g<sup>-1</sup> in ripe fruit and up to 54 mg in unripe. The vitamin C content depended on the selected population and amounted to 8-21 mg 100 g<sup>-1</sup>, dehydroascorbic acid prevailing. The content of vitamin PP was 0.8-1.3 mg 100 g<sup>-1</sup>.

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