Evaluation of combined methods to obtain dehydrated papaya and pumpkin

• Grant number: 07/07586-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2008
• End date: August 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Maria Aparecida Mauro
• Grantee: Maria Aparecida Mauro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In Brazil, an important agricultural producer, a significant amount of fruit and vegetables is lost. This could be minimized by processing these foods at source using simple techniques such as air drying. The purpose of his work is to combine pre-treatments and convective drying, investigate the effects of pre-treatments on drying kinetics, and evaluate the physic-chemical properties of dry products to improve their sensory and nutritional quality. Thermal blanching, osmotic dehydration (OD) or edible coatings addition, and combinations between them, will be optimized through response surfaces techniques taking into account color, ascorbic acid retention and, in the case of OD, process efficiency (water loss / solute gain). Samples obtained from the best feasible treatments will be hot-air-dried and its efficiency determined from drying rates. Color and volume will be determined before and after each drying experiment. Water activity in the intermediated moisture products will be measured. Parallel experiments with the same raw material samples, but under different conditions, will be conducted. The resulting best samples will be selected to evaluate the effects of the processes on sensory characteristics and on retention of specific nutrients, such as carotenes and ascorbic acid. Operational parameters useful for designing and for processing control are expected to be found. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GARCIA, CAROLINA CASTILHO; UCHIDATE, FABIO SHINDI; SILVA, KEILA DE SOUZA; COVIZZI, LUIZ GUSTAVO; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Branqueamento de mamão: efeito na desidratação osmótica e caracterização da invertase da fruta. Ciência Rural, v. 51, n. 9, 2021. (09/00519-0, 07/07586-0)

SILVA, KEILA DE SOUZA; CAETANO, LIDIMARA CASSIA; GARCIA, CAROLINA CASTILHO; ROMERO, JAVIER TELIS; SANTOS, ADRIANA BARBOSA; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Osmotic dehydration process for low temperature blanched pumpkin. Journal of Food Engineering, v. 105, n. 1, p. 56-64, JUL 2011. (07/07586-0, 07/01879-5, 03/10151-4)

MOLINA FILHO, LUC-DIO; FRASCARELI, ELEN CRISTINA; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Effect of an Edible Pectin Coating and Blanching Pretreatments on the Air-Drying Kinetics of Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata). Food and Bioprocess Technology, v. 9, n. 5, p. 859-871, MAY 2016. (07/07586-0)

GARCIA, CAROLINA CASTILHO; CAETANO, LIDIMARA CASSIA; CANIZARES, DIEGO; SILVA, KEILA DE SOUZA; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Blanching effects on convective air-drying and sorption properties of papaya. Drying Technology, v. 40, n. 16, p. 11-pg., 2022-05-01. (09/00519-0, 07/07586-0, 09/14083-0)

GARCIA, CAROLINA CASTILHO; CAETANO, LIDIMARA CASSIA; SILVA, KEILA DE SOUZA; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Influence of Edible Coating on the Drying and Quality of Papaya (Carica papaya). Food and Bioprocess Technology, v. 7, n. 10, p. 2828-2839, OCT 2014. (09/00519-0, 07/07586-0)

CANIZARES, DIEGO; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA. Enhancement of Quality and Stability of Dried Papaya by Pectin-Based Coatings as Air-Drying Pretreatment. Food and Bioprocess Technology, v. 8, n. 6, p. 1187-1197, JUN 2015. (07/07586-0)

MOLINA FILHO, LUCIDIO; REBES GONCALVES, ANA KARLA; MAURO, MARIA APARECIDA; FRASCARELI, ELEN CRISTINA. Isotermas de sorção de umidade de abóbora (Cucurbita moschata) fresca e branqueada. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 31, n. 3, p. 714-722, JUL-SEP 2011. (07/00809-3, 07/07586-0)