What is it about?
Papaya fruit possesses high nutritional and medicinal properties which are recommended for infants and adults. But owing to its faster rate of deterioration, about 50% of the fruit harvest suffers heavy postharvest losses. A thermal processing technology is required in order to prevent the postharvest losses and make the pulp suitable for infant formulations.Ohmic heated pulp retained 86.44% lycopene, 87.13% β-carotene and 85.23% ascorbic acid.
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Why is it important?
Ohmic heating which is an instant and volumetric heating could be an alternative technique for the conventional pasteurization of papaya pulp.
Perspectives
This research was planned to concentrate on understanding the suitability of ohmic heating for the pasteurization of papaya pulp. The research finding would contribute toward the growth of pulp processing and infant formulating industries.
Dr Thangavel Kulandasamy
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
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This page is a summary of: Effect of Ohmic Heating on the Electrical Conductivity, Biochemical and Rheological Properties of Papaya Pulp, Journal of Food Process Engineering, January 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.12172.
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