Nondestructive determination of soluble solids content and pH in tomato juice using NIR transmittance spectroscopy

The potential of near-infrared (NIR) transmittance spectroscopy to nondestructively detect soluble solids content (SSC) and pH in tomato juices was investigated. A total of 200 tomato juice samples were used for NIR spectroscopy analysis at 800–2400 nm using an FT-NIR spectrometer. Multiplicative signal correction (MSC), and the first and second derivative were applied for pre-processing spectral data. The relationship between SSC, pH, and FT-NIR spectra of tomato juice were analyzed via partial least-squares (PLS) regression. PLS regression models were able to predict SSC and pH in tomato juices. The r _c, RMSEC, RMSEP, and RMSECV for SSC were 0.92, 0.0703°Brix, 0.150°Brix, and 0.138°Brix, respectively, whereas those values for pH were 0.90, 0.0333, 0.0316, and 0.0489, respectively. It is concluded that the combination of NIR transmittance spectroscopy and PLS methods can be used to provide a technique of convenient, versatile, and rapid analysis for SSC and pH in tomato juices.     

西红柿的贮藏特性研究

以成熟的西红柿为材料,研究不同包装方式和贮藏温度下西红柿品质变化规律,为西红柿贮藏品质的控制提供依据.结果表明,温度和贮藏时间对西红柿的腐烂率、失重率、VC含量﹑总酸含量影响显著,包装方式只对外观和失重率影响显著.随着贮藏时间的延长和贮藏温度的升高,西红柿的腐烂和失重的速度和程度增加,VC含量﹑酸度随着贮藏温度的升高逐渐下降.膜包装比无膜包装的贮藏效果好.西红柿适宜的贮藏条件为采用膜包装于12℃下贮藏.在此条件下贮藏20天后,西红柿品质保持较好.     

Effect of organic growing systems on sensory quality and chemical composition of tomatoes

Tomato plants were grown in the greenhouse in the soil, in confined beds, or in combined beds where the roots could also develop in the soil outside the bed. The beds were filled with compost based on clover grass hay, deep litter and peat and harvested in early summer and autumn in 2002 and 2003, and in the soil treatment the same compost was incorporated into the soil. The tomato fruit quality was assessed by sensory analysis and content of chemical components as, e.g. dry matter, soluble solids, citric acids and volatile components. The content of minerals was mainly determined to evaluate possible limitations in nutrient supply. Due to only minor effects of growing systems on sensory quality and chemical composition of tomato fruits it is concluded that it is possible to produce tomato fruits in confined and combined soil bed systems without any loss in eating quality. Actually the results indicate that a slight increase in quality of tomatoes from the confined and combined systems is obtained. The present result points to the fact that confined and combined growing systems may be new relevant commercial growing systems, in which the quality of tomatoes seems to be ensured, and in which nutrient loss and root diseases contamination can be reduced.     

Inactivation of tomato pectic enzymes by manothermosonication

 The resistance of tomato pectic enzymes to manothermosonication (MTS), a combined treatment of heat and ultrasound under moderate pressure, was studied. Pectinmethylesterase (PMF) and polygalacturonases (PG) I and II were inactivated much more efficiently by MTS than by simple heating. In MTS inactivation of these enzymes, the effect of heat and ultrasonic waves was synergistic. D values [the time required for the (original) enzyme activity to decrease by 90%] for PME heat inactivation at 62.5  °C were reduced 52.9-fold by MTS and those for PG I at 86  °C and PG II at 52.5  °C, 85.8-fold and 26.3-fold, respectively. Received: 23 January 1998 / Revised version: 23 March 1998     

Changes of health-related compounds throughout cold storage of tomato juice stabilized by thermal or high intensity pulsed electric field treatments

The effect of high intensity pulsed electric fields (HIPEF) processing (35 kV/cm for 1500 μs in bipolar 4-μs pulses at 100 Hz, with an energy density of 8269 kJ/L) on the main bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity of tomato juice was investigated and compared to heat pasteurization (90 °C for 1 min or 30 s) having the fresh juice as a reference. HIPEF and heat treated tomato juices showed higher lycopene and lower vitamin C levels than the untreated juice. However, no significant changes in the total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity were observed between treated and fresh juices just after processing. Lycopene, vitamin C and antioxidant capacity of both treated and untreated juices decreased exponentially during storage following a first order kinetics (R² = 0.763–0.987), whereas tomato juices maintained their initial phenolic content. HIPEF-treated tomato juice maintained higher lycopene and vitamin C content than the thermally treated juices during the storage time. Hence, the application of HIPEF may be appropriate to achieve nutritious and fresh like tomato juice.

Industrial relevance

HIPEF processing can lead to tomato juice with higher nutritional value than that thermally processed. HIPEF-treated (35 kV/cm for 1500 μs with 4-μs bipolar pulses at 100 Hz, energy input of 8269 kJ/L) tomato juice shows greater lycopene, vitamin C and antioxidant capacity just after the treatment and during the storage time than heat treated (90 °C­30 s and 90 °C­60 s) tomato juice. Therefore, HIPEF technology is a feasible alternative to thermal treatment to obtain tomato juice with a high presence of health-related compounds.     

番茄果皮中番茄红素的超临界二氧化碳流体萃取

本项研究表明：超临界二氧化碳流体萃取能够作为传统的有机试剂萃取的替代方法有效地从番茄果皮组织中萃取番茄红素等类胡萝卜素。在本项研究中，多种有机试剂被用来对样品组织进行预处理。这种预处理可明显地提高超临界流体萃取的效率。用四氢呋喃对组织进行预处理后，超临界流体萃取物中总类胡萝卜素的含量比丙酮-乙醚萃取物的高31％，其中番茄红素占90％。这一流程可以考虑被应用到工业生产中去。     

Modelling the stability of lycopene-rich by-products of tomato processing

Tomato by-products were produced by puree manufacturing from heat-stabilised fruits and raw fruits to simulate both conventional and innovative processing technologies. By-products were freeze-dried, ground and stored in five relative humidity environments in the range 11–75%, for 4 months at 30 °C. The aims were: (a) to investigate the effect of heating applied during tomato processing on by-product hygroscopicity and stability, (b) to find out the optimal water activity (a_w) range for by-product stability. Hygroscopicity was studied by applying the Guggenheim–Anderson–de Boer (GAB) model. By-product stability was studied by evaluating the kinetics of lycopene, β-carotene, rutin and chlorogenic acid degradation and the changes in Hunter’s colourimetric parameters during storage.     

Thermal expansion coefficient and specific heat capacity from sound velocity measurements in tomato paste from 0.1 up to 350 MPa and as a function of temperature

The thermodynamic properties of food as a function of pressure and temperature are essential for modeling high-pressure processes. Sound velocity measurements in liquids at high pressure conditions are particularly interesting because they allow for deriving other properties such as the specific heat capacity or thermal expansion coefficient which are difficult to measure. By other means, in this work, the sound velocity was measured in tomato paste at high pressures with a purposed designed acoustic cell. The measurements were made in a wide range of pressures and temperatures from 0.1 to 350 MPa and from 0 to 50 °C, respectively. The sound velocity was directly measured with an accuracy of 0.1% using the transmission technique with piezoelectrics operating at 2 MHz. Thereafter, the isentropic compressibility coefficient of tomato paste was calculated from experimental data. Specific heat capacity and thermal expansion coefficient were also obtained through a software algorithm.     

四种常用淀粉物理性质的比较研究

主要研究了四种常用淀粉(玉米淀粉、马铃薯淀粉、木薯淀粉、小麦淀粉)的透明度、冻融稳定性、凝沉性、膨胀度及糊化特性，并进行比较。为进一步了解这四种淀粉的特性及应用，提供了理论依据。     

乳酸发酵番茄汁中间生产试验

将筛选出的保加利亚乳杆菌(L. bulgaricus)和嗜热链球菌(Str. thermophilus)应用于乳酸发酵番茄汁的中试生产中。先在20升发酵罐内进行了两批试验,确立了初步的生产工艺流程,然后在500升发酵罐进行了进一步试验,获得了成功,生产出的乳酸发酵番茄汁pH为4.0～4.3,乳酸含量0.7％左右,加蔗糖3％,不添加防腐剂、香精、色素等化学物质。保存半年后经检测,其理化及微生物学指标均符合国家规定标准。申试结果为工业规模生产奠定了基础。