Tylewicz, Urszula; Tappi, Silvia; Mannozzi, Cinzia; Romani, Santina; Dellarosa, Nicolò; Laghi, Luca; Ragni, Luigi; Rocculi, Pietro and Dalla Rosa, Marco (2017) Effect of pulsed electric field (PEF) pre-treatment coupled with osmotic dehydration on physico-chemical characteristics of organic strawberries. Journal of Food Engineering, 213, pp. 2-9.
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Summary
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of pulsed electric field (PEF) pre-treatment on mass
transfer phenomena, water distribution and some physico-chemical parameters of osmo-dehydrated
organic strawberries. For PEF treatments 100 near-rectangular shaped pulses, with fixed pulse width
of 100 ms and repetition time of 10 ms were used. Electric fields strength applied were 100, 200 and
400 V/cm
. Afterwards, samples were subjected to OD treatments carried out in two different hypertonic
solutions (40% w/w), one with sucrose and the other one with trehalose. The results shown that PEF
treatment positively affected the mass transfer during OD even at the lowest electric field strength
applied (100 V/cm), partially preserving the cell viability and maintaining at the same time the fresh-like
characteristics of strawberries.
| EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Fruit quality, Strawberries, Organic, Texture, Colour, Non-thermal treatment |
| Subjects: | Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health Food systems > Processing, packaging and transportation |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > CORE Organic Plus > EcoBerries Italy > Univ. Bologna |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 618107 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.04.028 |
| Deposited By: | Tylewicz, Dr Urszula |
| ID Code: | 32933 |
| Deposited On: | 13 Apr 2018 11:14 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2018 11:14 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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