Obtenção do cubiu (solanum sessiliflorum dunal) em passa por métodos combinados.

Abstract

The cubiu is a fruit with high moisture, acid and pectin. In osmotic dehydration, the moisture that is associated with the perishability of the process and cost is reduced in the final product. The acidity is a limiting factor for acceptance is masked by the incorporation of sugar. As a bioactive substance, preservation retains the functionality of pectin, however, the partial hydrolysis facilitates the process and ensure the appearance of dehydrated fruit. This study aims to develop technologies for conservation and value addition of cubiu for industrialization in the form of fruit in passes. The ripe fruit of cubiu were subjected to different pretreatments: blanching or not, more natural fermentation or not and rapid or slow osmotic dehydration followed by convective drying at 65 ° C. The natural fermentation process was monitored by the determination of moisture, pH, total acidity, sodium chloride, pectin and texture of the slices of cubiu. After rapid and slow dehydration were determined at equilibrium and initial moisture, pH, acidity, total sugars, mass change, water loss, gain and efficiency of sucrose osmotic process. The experimental data of convective drying models were fitted to the Page, Lewis, simple exponential, with two and three parameters and Wang & Singh. The physic-chemical and sensory characteristics were used to monitor the whole process and final product quality. In relation to fresh fruit, money not increase the moisture and pH, decrease in total acidity and sodium and chloride did not significantly alter the texture. During the process of natural fermentation, the parameters moisture, acidity, texture and pH (control) were reduced from their values for pH (blanched) and sodium chloride was no increase in the values. The highest percentage of mass change, water loss and sucrose gain occurred in SF/DOR, SF/DOL and CF/DOL, respectively. The highest rate of drying was obtained by the treatment before the blanching, with natural fermentation and rapid osmotic dehydration, indicating that fermentation influenced the increase of drying rate and the reduction of process time. The r2 values were above 99% for the settings with the Page and Exponential models with three simple parameters. The natural fermentation process was detected during the immersion of slices in NaCl solutions cubiu, blanched or not. The physical and physic-chemical properties of slices cubiu were modified during the natural fermentation process, being more pronounced in slices pre-treated by blanching. The variation in mass loss of water and process efficiency were higher in the treatments without natural fermentation. The time of osmotic dehydration was reduced rapidly by natural fermentation. The highest and lowest drying time were obtained by treatment before the blanching, natural fermentation, followed by rapid osmotic dehydration. The simple exponential model with three parameters and Page have the best fit to experimental data. Separately, money and natural fermentation improved the organoleptic characteristics of cubiu passes in obtaining the highest percentage of acceptance.