Tratamento térmico mínimo do suco de laranja natural: estudo da viabilidade de armazenamento em latas de alumínio. / Fresh single-strength orange juice minimal heat treatment: storage viability in aluminium cans

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1999

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In this research project, minimal heat treatment was studied for fresh single- strength orange juice. The juice was packaged in aluminum cans and stored at refrigerated temperature during 57 days concerning shelf life tests. The juice was processed using a plate heat exchanger at nominal pasteurization temperatures 80ºC and 85ºC and packaged in aluminum varnished cans at ambient temperature, under nitrogen atmosphere. The analyses, conducted each 14 days (1st, 15th, 29th, 43rd and 57th day after the processing day), were: pH, ºBrix, titratable acidity as citric acid, ratio (ºBrix/ titratable acidity), total solids, water-insoluble solids, aluminum ions content and microbiological analyses (total plate count and yeast and mold count). Statistical analyses indicated that the physic-chemical characteristics of orange juice were not influenced by the real process conditions (82.5ºC - 35 s; 82.5ºC - 45 s; 87.5ºC - 35 s and 87.5ºC - 45 s). The orange juice aluminum ions content did not increase during the 57 days storage and all the values were lower than the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) established by FAO/WHO. In addition, the pasteurization process showed effective in reducing microbial load. For the temperature-time conditions 82.5ºC - 45 s and 87.5ºC - 45 s, the number of surviving organisms decreased as the storage period increased. However for the temperature-time conditions 82.5ºC - 35 s and 87.5ºC - 35 s, there was an increase of the number of surviving organisms after 23rd day and 33rd day, respectively, compared to raw orange juice. During the 57 days storage, the yeast and mold count were lower than the maximum acceptable limit established by Brazilian Legislation (104 CFU/mL).

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fresh single strength orange juice suco de laranja natural aluminium can heat treatment lata de alumínio pasteurization pasteurização tratamento térmico

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