Optimisation of processing variables affecting the osmotic dehydration of pomegranate arils

For the optimisation of osmotic dehydration by response surface methodology, the experiments were conducted according to Central Composite Rotatable Design (CCRD) with three variables at five levels. The low and high levels of the variables were 40 and 50 °C for osmotic solution temperature, 45 and 55°Bx for sucrose solution concentration, 60 and 100 min for duration of dipping in osmotic solution, respectively. The fruit to solution ratio was kept 1:4 (w/w) during all the experiments. Before dipping the arils in sucrose solution, the freezing of the whole pomegranate at ?18 °C was carried out to increase the permeability of the outer cellular layer of the arils. The arils were further convectively dehydrated at 60 °C air temperature up to final moisture content of 10% (wb) to make it a shelf stable product. The optimum conditions for osmotic solution concentration, temperature and process duration were 55°Bx, 40 °C and 100 min, respectively.     

真空、脉冲真空、超声波对芒果渗透脱水的影响

为研究真空、脉冲真空和超声波对芒果渗透脱水动力学的影响,将大小为26mm×26mm×5mm的块状样品浸于65°Brix果葡糖浆溶液中,渗透脱水处理180min。结果表明,菲克扩散模型能很好地描述渗透脱水过程中芒果失水率和固增率的变化规律;真空、脉冲真空和超声波均促进了水分和固形物的扩散,其中超声波作用使水分扩散系数具有最大值,而真空处理导致了固形物扩散系数最高。     

Osmotic dehydration of pomegranate seeds: mass transfer kinetics and differential scanning calorimetry characterization

Osmotic dehydration of pomegranate seeds was carried out at different temperatures (30, 40, 50 °C) in a 55°Brix solution of sucrose, glucose, and mixture sucrose & glucose (50:50, w/w). The most significant changes of water loss and solids gain took place during the first 20 min of dewatering. During this period, seeds water loss was estimated to 46% in sucrose, 37% in glucose and 41% in mix glucose/sucrose solution. The increase of temperature favoured the increase of water loss, weight reduction, solids gain and effective diffusivity. Differential scanning calorimetry data provided complementary information on the mobility changes of water and solute in osmodehydrated pomegranate seeds. The ratio between % frozen water and % unfreezable water decreased from 5 to 0.5 during the process. That involving the presence of very tightly bound water to the sample, which is very difficult to eliminate with this process. It also appeared that glass transition temperature depends on the types of sugar.     

Osmotic dehydration kinetics of carrot cubes in sodium chloride solution

Osmotic dehydration kinetics of carrot cubes in sodium chloride solution having concentrations 5%, 10% and 15% (w/v), solution temperature 35, 45 and 55 °C, sample to solution ratio (STSR) 1:4, 1:5 and 1:6 were studied up to 240 min duration. During the experimentation, effect of solution temperature and process duration was significant and that of solution concentration and STSR were non-significant on water loss. Among the different models applied (Penetration model, Magee Model, and Azuara model), Azuara model best fitted to the experimental data for water loss and solute gain during osmotic dehydration. Effective diffusivities of water and solute were calculated by using the analytical solution of Fick's unsteady state law of diffusion by iterative technique with a computer program. For the above conditions, the effective diffusivity of water was found to be in the range between 2.6323 × 10⁻⁹ and 6.2397 × 10⁻⁹ m²/s and that of solute between 3.1522 × 10⁻⁹ and 4.6400 × 10⁻⁹ m²/s.     

不同小分子糖渗透草莓的传质动力学及对真空冷冻干燥草莓品质的影响

为系统地了解不同小分子糖特别是低聚糖和糖醇对草莓的渗透行为以及不同小分子糖对真空冷冻干燥草莓品质的影响,本研究利用两种数学模型对10 种常见小分子糖（白利度为40 °Brix）的渗透动力学进行拟合,并进一步对渗糖处理后真空冷冻干燥草莓的理化特性进行表征。结果表明,Weibull模型更适用于描述渗糖处理后草莓的可溶性固形物增量（solid gain,SG）,而Peleg模型可以更好地描述草莓的水分去除量（water loss,WL）。经不同糖渗透处理结束后,草莓的SG差异较大,山梨糖醇可以使草莓的SG达到6.84 g/100 g,是低聚异麦芽糖的6.16 倍。此外,渗糖处理的草莓硬度得到普遍提高（94.58%～223.23%）;葡萄糖、果糖、山梨糖醇渗透处理组的脆度分别降低了16.70%、20.74%、41.45%,低聚果糖渗透处理后的草莓质构特性与蔗糖最为接近。综合考虑渗透效率、感官营养品质和生产成本,低聚果糖是蔗糖在果蔬渗透处理方面的一种潜在替代品。     

Optimisation of osmotic dehydration of carrot cubes in sucrose-salt solutions using response surface methodology

Osmotic dehydration of carrot cubes in ternary solution of water, sucrose and sodium chloride at different solution concentrations, temperatures and process durations were analysed for water loss and solute gain during osmotic dehydration. The osmotically pre-treated carrot cubes were further dehydrated in a cabinet dryer at 65 °C and were then rehydrated in water at ambient temperature of water for 10–12 h and were analysed for rehydration ratio, shrinkage and overall acceptability after rehydration. The process was optimised for maximum water loss, rehydration ratio and overall acceptability of the rehydrated product, and for minimum solute gain and shrinkage of rehydrated product by response surface methodology. The optimum conditions of various process parameters are 50°B+10% w/v aqueous sodium chloride concentration, 46.5 °C solution temperature and 180 min process duration.     

Changes in apple liquid phase concentration throughout equilibrium in osmotic dehydration

ABSTRACT:  Previous results on apple tissue equilibration during osmotic dehydration showed that, at very long processing times, the solute concentrations of the fruit liquid phase and the osmotic solution were the same. In the present study, changes in apple liquid phase composition throughout equilibrium in osmotic dehydration were analyzed and modeled. Results showed that, by the time osmosed samples reached the maximum weight and volume loss, solute concentration of the fruit liquid phase was higher than that of the osmotic solution. The reported overconcentration could be explained in terms of the apple structure shrinkage that occurred during the osmotic dehydration with highly concentrated osmotic solutions due to the elastic response of the food structure to the loss of water and intake of solutes. The fruit liquid phase overconcentration rate was observed to depend on the concentration of the osmotic solution, the processing temperature, the sample size, and shape of the cellular tissue.     

辣椒果肉的渗透脱水效果研究

研究了不同渗透溶液对辣椒果肉的脱水效果,从失水率、固形物增加率、含盐量和色泽变化等方面综合分析了不同浓度的纯糖溶液(50%和65%)、纯盐溶液(10%和20%)和糖盐混合溶液(10%盐,50%糖)的作用效果。结果表明,蔗糖和盐混合溶液的脱水效果最好,8h的失水率可以达到54.20%,可溶性固形物增加率仅有7.53%,且含盐量更是低于纯盐溶液的含盐量变化,只增加了2.62g/100g干基。在渗透后的颜色方面,混合溶液渗透后的变化差异没有纯溶液渗透后的明显。     

莴笋渗透脱水有效扩散系数研究

以葡萄糖溶液浓度(10%～40%)和温度(35～65℃)为影响因素,研究了莴笋渗透脱水的动力学过程。分别使用Azuara模型和Fick第二扩散定律计算出了平衡时刻的失水率、固形物增加率以及相应的水分和固形物有效扩散系数。设计了均匀实验,通过曲面拟合的方法得到了水分、固形物有效扩散系数与因素的回归方程。结果表明:失水率随着葡萄糖溶液浓度增加而增大,但随着温度的升高而降低;固形物增加率随着溶液浓度和温度的增加而增加。Azuara模型可用来预测失水率和固形物增加率,通过曲面拟合得到的有效扩散系数回归方程拟合性较高。有效扩散系数反映了失水率和固形物增加率达到平衡时刻的快慢程度。     

不同渗透方式对芒果脱水效率和品质的影响

糖渍是一种高效的食品预脱水方法,有关糖液浸渍法(液态渗透)已有大量研究,而关于固体糖干法糖渍(固态渗透)研究较少.为了比较这两种渗透方式的差异,利用菲克方程进行传质动力学分析以及相关指标测定,研究固态渗透和液态渗透对糖渍芒果脱水效率和品质的影响.结果表明:固态渗透SSD30处理组(m(蔗糖):m(芒果)=3:10)与液...     

辣椒渗透脱水处理及渗后热风干燥特性及品质分析

以脱水率、固形物获取率、脱水率与固形物获取率比值、有效水分扩散系数、活化能、VC保留率、辣度、复水比、复原率和感官评价为考察指标,通过渗透脱水实验、渗后热风干燥实验和复水实验,考察了辣椒的渗透脱水特性、渗后热风干燥特性、复水特性和品质。结果表明:随着渗透温度的升高或渗透液中食盐含量的增加,辣椒的脱水率和固形物获取率增大。对渗透后的辣椒样品进行热风干燥处理发现,热风温度是影响热风干燥的最主要因素,其次是风速。辣椒样品的有效水分扩散系数随着温度的升高而增大,在风速为1.8 m/s的条件下,直接热风干燥辣椒样品和渗后热风干燥辣椒样品的活化能分别为(53.25±1.08)k J/mol和(44.42±0.88)k J/mol。渗后热风干燥样品的有效水分扩散系数、VC保留率、辣度、复水比和复原率均高于直接热风干燥样品,渗后热风干燥样品的复水特性和品质更好。     

Evaluation of Mass Exchange During Osmotic Dehydration of Plum Using Response Surface Methodology

Water loss (WL), solid gain (SG), weight reduction (WR) and shrinkage were quantitatively investigated during osmotic dehydration of plum using response surface methodology with the sucrose concentration (30–60g/100 g sample), temperature of sucrose solution (40–60°C) and immersion time (60–240 min). Experiments were designed according to Central Composite Rotatable Design with these three factors. For each response, second order polynomial models were developed using multiple linear regression analysis. With respect to water loss, solid gain, weight reduction and shrinkage, both linear and quadratic effects of four variables were found to be significant. In most cases, an increase of sucrose concentration, temperature and immersion time increased WL, SG, WR and shrinkage, except the increasing of immersion time for osmotic treatment has no effect on shrinkage. It was found that immersion time and temperature were the most significant factors affecting the WL during osmotic dehydration of plum followed by concentration of sucrose solution. This was also true for WR. Effect of temperature and time were more pronounced for SG than the concentration of sucrose solution.     

Response surface optimisation of osmotic dehydration of Chinese ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) slices

Response surface methodology (RSM) of Box–Behnken design with 27 experimental runs and the desirability function method were used in the osmotic dehydration process of Chinese ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) slices in ternary solution of water, sucrose and sodium chloride for maximising water loss (WL), rehydration ratio (RR) and total phenolic content (TPC) and minimising solute gain (SG) and hunter colour change (HCC) of dehydrated product. The results indicated that the optimum operating conditions were found to be process duration of 102 min, solution temperature of 30 °C, solution concentration of 50 Brix sucrose + 7.31% sodium chloride and solution to food ratio of 8:1 (w/w). Under this condition, the WL, SG and TPC were 58.8% (wb), 12.56% (wb) and 1.46% (db), while its RR and HCC were 1.59 and 6.55, respectively. The immersion time was the most significant variable for WL, HCC, SG and RR, and for TPC it was temperature (P < 0.05).     

蘑菇渗透脱水规律的研究

对蘑菇片在糖溶液中的脱水规律进行初步的试验研究。通过多因素正交试验，得出影响蘑菇渗透脱水因素的主次顺序及因素间交互作用的关系；通过应用均匀试验，建立了蘑菇渗透脱水的回归数学模型，其理论值与实测值具有很好的一致性；利用回归模型，建立了不同条件下的渗透脱水规律预测表。     

Optimisation of the pulsed vacuum osmotic dehydration of cladodes of fodder palm

Fodder palm, a great source of nutrients for human and animals, grows even in arid climates. Pulsed vacuum osmotic dehydration is an efficient process for obtaining semidehydrated food. It was used to slice cladodes of fodder palm. The independent variables used were temperature (30–50 °C), pulsed vacuum pressure (50–150 mbar) and NaCl concentration (5–15 g per 100 g solution). The response variables were water activity (a_w), moisture content (X), colour parameters, water loss (WL), solid gain (SG) and weight reduction (WR). The pulsed vacuum osmotic dehydration process was optimised for minimum values of a_w, X and SG, and maximum values of chroma. The experimental data obtained with the optimum condition (100 mbar; 10 gNaCl per 100 g solution, 44 °C) were near the estimated ones. For example, WL, a_w and ?E, and their error were 8.15 g per 100 g, 11%; 0.985, 0.3% and 6.15, 15.2%, respectively.     

蓝莓渗透脱水的研究

在不同的渗透温度 ( 4 5～ 65℃ )条件下 ,高果糖浆和蔗糖的有效水分扩散率 (Dm)分别为( 4 90 60～ 5 2 3 66)× 1 0 - 10 m2 /s和 ( 3 5 5 1 8～ 4 0 1 0 9)× 1 0 - 10 m2 /s,有效固形扩散率 (Ds)分别为( 2 7740～ 3 691 5 )× 1 0 - 10 m2 /s和 ( 1 3 1 63～ 2 691 5 )× 1 0 - 10 m2 /s的规律。在渗透脱水处理过程中Dm 和Ds 随处理温度升高而增加。经高果糖浆 ( 70°Brix)渗透脱水的蓝莓的平均体积比随温度升高而稍微下降。其相对密度随温度的升高也略有增加     

Freeze/Thaw Effects on Mass Transfer Rates during Osmotic Dehydration

A model fruit system (apple slices) was studied during osmotic preconcentration in concentrated solutions of corn syrup solids. The effect of freeze/thawing on water removal and solid uptake rates during complimentary osmotic dehydration was examined. Product response to freeze/thawing after partial osmotic dehydration was also explored. Osmotically preconcentrated, frozen/thawed samples did not exhibit a significant change in rate of water loss during complimentary osmotic dehydration. They had sharply higher sugar gain rates compared to controls. The duration of osmotic preconcentration had a significant effect on freeze/thaw induced exudation losses.     

Mass transfer kinetics during osmotic dehydration of bananas (Musa sapientum,shum.)

Osmotic dehydration is used widely to partially remove water from plant tissues by immersion in a hypertonic solution. In this work, the influence of temperature (25–55 °C), sugar concentration (30–60%) and salt concentration (0–10%) of the osmotic solution was investigated during osmotic dehydration of banana (Musa sapientum, shum.). Mass transfer kinetics were modelled according to Peleg’s equation. Kinetic parameters were evaluated using response surface methodology. Peleg’s equation showed to be suitable for modelling the water removal and solute uptake. Initial rate of water loss and water concentration at equilibrium were influenced by linear factors of the three independent variables. Initial rate of sucrose uptake and sucrose uptake at equilibrium were affected by all factors and interactions. Initial rate of salt uptake and salt concentration at equilibrium showed a positive correlation with temperature and NaCl concentration and a negative correlation with sucrose concentration.     

超声波强化紫薯渗透脱水工艺

分别以蔗糖质量分数、渗透温度、渗透时间和超声波功率为单因素,研究其对紫薯超声波渗透脱水的脱水率和固形物增加率的影响。以各因素为自变量,以脱水率和固形物增加率为因变量,对紫薯渗透脱水进行响应面工艺研究,得出最优工艺参数。结果表明：影响脱水率和固形物增加率的主次顺序均为渗透时间＞渗透温度＞糖液质量分数＞超声波功率;响应面优化最优工艺参数为糖液质量分数56.29%、渗透液温度65℃、渗透时间2.46h、超声波功率142.33W。结合实际操作,响应面优化的最优工艺调整为糖液质量分数56%、渗透液温度65℃、渗透时间2.5h、超声波功率140W,经验证,此条件下脱水率为40.79%,固形物增加率为8.33%。