Obtenção de um produto desidratado à base de tucupi, jambu e banana verde através do processo de Refractance Window

Abstract

Given the immense diversity of fruits, vegetables and products developed in northern Brazil, tucupi, jambu and banana are notable because they are widely used, not only in culinary of Pará, but for several other purposes. Aiming to use these abundant products in the northern Brazil, the present work aimed at obtaining a dehydrated product based on tucupi, jambu and green banana, through the Refractance Window process. The formulations were dried at a temperature of 70 ° C, in a time of 50 min. Two formulations coded as FORM I and FORM II were dried. The initial moisture content of the formulations was 88% wb, and the values of final moisture content of the dehydrated product were 10% (for FORM I) and 9% (for FORM II). The drying time of the samples varied from one formulation to another, and the time was shorter for the drying of FORM II. The dried products had high water absorption capacity (2159.091 for FORM II) and (1666.667 for FORM I) and had an average oil absorption capacity. As to hygroscopicity, the products were considered little hygroscopic: 7.9 and 9.27 g H2O / g of sample for FORM I and FORM II, respectively. The dehydrated products showed significant content of phenols: 221.18 and 169.49 mg GAE / 100 g of sample for FORM I and FORM II, respectively. Regarding antioxidant capacity, the dehydrated products had higher antioxidant capacity by DPPH radical sequestration than the ABTS radical. For the results of color, the values (ΔE *) varied significantly for the dehydrated products with the same drying conditions. The shelf life was evaluated for 35 days and it was observed that the dried product of the Form I showed no change from seventh day, when evaluated by moisture gain, whereas FORM II showed variation during the entire period of storage . When the assessed parameter was the water activity, the FORM II did not change from the 14th day, while the FORM I changed only in twenty-first day of storage.