Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 2277-2285.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.10.22

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Comparison on qualitative characters of fruit paste processed using two main loquat varieties cultivated in Zhejiang Province, China

LI Hongmei1(), LU Shengmin1,2,*(), ZHENG Meiyu2, CAO Feng2, ZHANG Wenjuan2, DONG Mingsheng1   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
    2. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Preservation and Processing Technology, Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2021-01-13 Online:2022-10-25 Published:2022-10-26
  • Contact: LU Shengmin

Abstract:

To extend industry chains of loquat [Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl] and improve its added value, fruits of two main varieties cultivated in Zhejiang Province (i.e. soft strip Baisha and Dahongpao) were used to compare the process adaptability and qualitative characters of fruit paste to screen suitable variety. The key processes of fruit paste manufactured by the selected variety were determined by investigating the influence of pulp enzymatic treatment and concentrated degree on the juice yield of fruit and yield, total acid contents, total phenols and total flavonoids contents, free radical scavenging abilities, chromaticity values, and sensory scores of the finished fruit paste. The results showed that juice yield and paste yield of strip Baisha loquat were 53.18% and 20.54%, while those of Dahongpao loquat were 39.88% and 15.23%; the total acid content in strip Baisha loquat fruit paste was 6.70 g·L-1, while that in Dahongpao loquat was 7.64 g·L-1, so the processing adaptability of soft strip Baisha loquat was better than that of Dahongpao fruit. The treatment of pectinase and cellulase on soft strip Baisha loquat pulp after pulping could increase the paste yield by 6.35 percentage point. The total phenols and total flavonoids contents, free radicals scavenging capacities of loquat fruit paste increased with improved total soluble solids (TSS) contents. When the paste was concentrated from 50% to 80% in TSS, the contents of total phenols and total flavonoids were increased by 242% and 211%, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2, 2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) free radical scavenging capacities were increased by 1.88 and 15.26 percentage point, respectively. Jointly considering qualitative traits result as well as yield and energy-saving views, it was suggested that soft strip Baisha loquat be suitable to process into loquat fruit paste with enzyme treated for pulp before juicing and the juice is concentrated till its TSS content being 70%.

Key words: loquat fruit paste, process adaptability, paste yield, juice yield, antioxidant capacity, total soluble solids

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