Tracking antioxidant properties and color changes in low-sugar bilberry jam as effect of processing, storage and pectin concentration

Chemistry Central Journal

Mariana-Atena Poiana¹  Ersilia Alexa¹  Constantin Mateescu¹ 

[1] Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Food Processing Technology, Calea Aradului 119, RO 300645, Timisoara, Romania

关键词: polymeric color;    monomeric anthocyanins;    total phenolic;    color quality;    FRAP;    bilberry jam;   

Others  :  788388
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-153X-6-4

 received in 2011-11-10, accepted in 2012-01-16,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Recently, an increased interest in the identification of valuable possibilities for preserving the antioxidant properties of products obtained by thermal processing of fruits rich in bioactive compounds can be noticed. In this regard, an extensive analysis is necessary in terms of thermal processed products behavior in relation to various factors. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect which processing and storage at 20°C has on the antioxidant properties and color quality of low-sugar bilberry jam with different low-methoxyl pectin (LMP) concentrations.

Results

For all measured parameters, it should be noted that thermal processing induced significant alterations reported to the values registered for fresh fruit. Most important losses due to thermal processing were recorded for total monomeric anthocyanins (TMA) (81-84%), followed by L-ascorbic acid (L-AsAc) content (53-58%), total phenolics (TP) content (42-51%) and FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) values (36-47%). Moreover, depreciation of the investigated compounds occurred during storage at 20°C. Jam storage for 7 months resulted in severe losses in TMA content in the range 58-72% from the value recorded one day after processing. This coincided with marked increases in polymeric color percent of these products after 7 months of storage. Also, bilberry jam storage for 7 months resulted in a decrease in L-AsAc content of 40-53% from the value recorded one day after processing, 41-57% in TP content and 33-46% from the value recorded one day after processing for FRAP values. By decreasing of LMP concentration in the jam recipe from 1 to 0.3% there has been an increase in losses of investigated compounds.

Conclusion

Overall, the results indicated that bilberry jams can also represent a good source of antioxidant compounds, although compared to the fruit, important losses seem to occur. Practical application of this work is that this kind of information will be very useful in optimizing the jam processing technology and storage conditions, in order to improve the quality of these products.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Poiana et al

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