Applying pulsed electric fields to whole carrots enhances the bioaccessibility of carotenoid and phenolic compounds in derived products

We propose the application of pulsed electric fields (PEF) to carrots to obtain derived products with increased phenolic and carotenoid bioaccessibility. For this purpose, juices, purees, and oil-added purees were obtained from whole PEF-treated carrots (five pulses of 3.5 kV cm−1 ; 0.61 kJ kg−1 )....

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Autores: López-Gámez, Gloria, Elez Martínez, Pedro, Martín Belloso, Olga, Soliva-Fortuny, Robert
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/72106
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061321
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72106
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Carotenoids
Phenolic compounds
Puree
Juice
Bioaccessibility
Pulsed electric fields
Carrot
Microstructure
Quality attributes
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Resumo:We propose the application of pulsed electric fields (PEF) to carrots to obtain derived products with increased phenolic and carotenoid bioaccessibility. For this purpose, juices, purees, and oil-added purees were obtained from whole PEF-treated carrots (five pulses of 3.5 kV cm−1 ; 0.61 kJ kg−1 ). In order to obtain shelf-stable products, the effect of a thermal treatment (70 ◦C for 10 min) was also studied. Carrot juices exhibited the highest carotenoid (43.4 mg/100 g fresh weight) and phenolic (322 mg kg−1 dry weight) contents. However, caffeic and coumaric acid derivatives were highly sensitive to PEF. The phenolic bioaccessibility reached 100% in purees obtained from the PEF-treated carrots, whereas the further thermally treated oil-added purees exhibited the greatest carotenoid bioaccessibility (7.8%). The increase in carotenoid bioaccessibility could be related to their better release and solubilization into micelles. The results suggest that food matrix aspects apart from particle size (e.g., pectin characteristics) are involved in phenolic bioaccessibility