Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8844114 | International Journal of Food Microbiology | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this research was to evaluate the storage stability (5â¯Â°C), and microbial modeling, of Rubi red grapefruit (Citrusâ¯Ãâ¯paradisi) juice treated with ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light (0, 10 and 20â¯min), alone or in combination with trans-cinnamaldehyde (trans-CAH) (0, 25 and 50â¯Î¼g/mL). A 32 factorial design was used and data modeled with the Weibull, Modified Gompertz and Logistic models. A response surface model was used to evaluate the effect of modeling parameters for suggesting the optimum treatment conditions. Treated and some untreated juice lasted up to 9â¯days without physicochemical and microbial changes. At the higher combination of UV-C light and trans-CAH, the microbial load of grapefruit juice was maintained below 100â¯CFU/mL up to 15â¯days. For mesophiles, the three predictive models indicated that the parameters n and Nmax decreased and the parameters λ and tc increased as the combination of UV-C light and trans-CAH increased. The response surface modeling of the parameters obtained by the predictive models showed acceptable correlation for mesophiles (R2â¯=â¯0.815-0.977) but not for yeasts (R2â¯=â¯0.618-0.815). The three predictive models showed that, the concentration of trans-CAH had more effect on stopping the microbial growth than the UV-C light treatment.
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Authors
Ochoa-Velasco C.E., Salcedo-Pedraza C., Hernández-Carranza P., Guerrero-Beltrán J.A.,