OBTAINING OF MILK-BLACKBERRY POWDER BY DRYING IN SPOUTED BED

• Grant number: 11/20031-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: October 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Cristina dos Santos Rocha
• Grantee: Matheus Boeira Braga
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Blackberry is a seasonal fruit, climacteric and highly perishable, which limit their availability in the periods between crops. Thus, it is necessary to develop and apply techniques aiming at increasing the storage period of this product. Due to the chemical composition and high water concentration, drying the pure blackberry pulp may result in low efficiency, invalidating the process to obtain the powdery product. However, the drying of integral milk in spouted bed has been studied and the results have shown a good yield of the process and final product quality. Therefore, a milk-blackberry mix pulp becomes an alternative to improve the process efficiency, reduce post-harvest waste, increase the shelf life without significantly altering the nutritional characteristics and improve the techniques of food preservation.

Scientific publications

(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)

BRAGA, MATHEUS B.; MARTINS, TIAGO D.; LOUZI, VITOR C. A.; GIANNELLA, RAFAEL L.; FUJITA, VITOR K.; ROCHA, SANDRA C. S.. Spouted bed drying of milk-blackberry mixture: Material thermal properties and process energy aspects. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 44, n. 5, MAR 2021. (11/20031-2)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BRAGA, Matheus Boeira. Drying of milk-blackberry pulp mixture in spouted bed. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Química Campinas, SP.