The cultivar date Lemsi is well known in the coastal oasis of Tunisia for both its quality stage ＂blah＂ and its earliness. This variety is characterized by its astringent taste and has never been studied extensively...The cultivar date Lemsi is well known in the coastal oasis of Tunisia for both its quality stage ＂blah＂ and its earliness. This variety is characterized by its astringent taste and has never been studied extensively. An osmotic dehydration treatment is necessary to improve the quality of the final product for maintaining its integrity. Thus, it is a preservation technique that is often used as pretreatment to obtain partially dehydrated fruit. In this experimental study, the cultivar date Lemsi were cut into cubes of 1 cm3 and were immersed in sucrose solutions of 50%, 60% and 70% at 20℃ for 0-240 min. The moisture content, the solute gain, the water loss and the ratio WL/SG are determined and discussed. The results deduced from this work have showed that sugar gain SG, water loss WL and the ratio WL/SG are increased with concentration of osmotic solution. Likewise, the osmotic dehydration treatment need to be followed of a convective drying to ensure the quality of the final product.展开更多
Response surface methodology, according to CCD （central composite design）, was used to determine the optimum processing conditions giving maximum water loss and minimum solid gain during osmotic dehydration of medla...Response surface methodology, according to CCD （central composite design）, was used to determine the optimum processing conditions giving maximum water loss and minimum solid gain during osmotic dehydration of medlars in sucrose solution. The independent variables of osmotic dehydration were temperature （25-65 ℃）, processing time （20-240 min）, sugar concentration （45%-65% w/w） and blanching time （0-180 s）. The optimum conditions were found to be： temperature = 55 ℃, time = 180 min, concentration = 60° Brix and blanching time = 30 s. At this optimum point, water loss, weight reduction and solid gain were found to be 74.12% and 7.136%, respectively.展开更多
文摘The cultivar date Lemsi is well known in the coastal oasis of Tunisia for both its quality stage ＂blah＂ and its earliness. This variety is characterized by its astringent taste and has never been studied extensively. An osmotic dehydration treatment is necessary to improve the quality of the final product for maintaining its integrity. Thus, it is a preservation technique that is often used as pretreatment to obtain partially dehydrated fruit. In this experimental study, the cultivar date Lemsi were cut into cubes of 1 cm3 and were immersed in sucrose solutions of 50%, 60% and 70% at 20℃ for 0-240 min. The moisture content, the solute gain, the water loss and the ratio WL/SG are determined and discussed. The results deduced from this work have showed that sugar gain SG, water loss WL and the ratio WL/SG are increased with concentration of osmotic solution. Likewise, the osmotic dehydration treatment need to be followed of a convective drying to ensure the quality of the final product.
文摘Response surface methodology, according to CCD （central composite design）, was used to determine the optimum processing conditions giving maximum water loss and minimum solid gain during osmotic dehydration of medlars in sucrose solution. The independent variables of osmotic dehydration were temperature （25-65 ℃）, processing time （20-240 min）, sugar concentration （45%-65% w/w） and blanching time （0-180 s）. The optimum conditions were found to be： temperature = 55 ℃, time = 180 min, concentration = 60° Brix and blanching time = 30 s. At this optimum point, water loss, weight reduction and solid gain were found to be 74.12% and 7.136%, respectively.
