Quality loss of double concentraded tomato paste: evolution of the microbial flora and main analytical parameters during storage at different temperatures (original) (raw)

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Abstract

This study deals with nonsterile canning of double concentrate tomatoes (30° Brix) stored for 210 days at three different temperatures (4, 10 and 25C) in 200 kg drums. the evolving analytical composition (soluble solids, total solids, glucose, fructose, pH, total acidity, volatile acidity, citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and color parameters) that the product underwent during storage was dependent both on storage temperature and on different aerobic levels within the drum (top and bottom sections). the microbial profile (yeast, lactic acid bacilli and molds) was correlated with many important metabolites (D- and L-lactic acids, ethanol, acetic acid and diacetyl). the results indicate that the increase of these substances is dependent both on storage temperature as well as the oxygen tension within the drums.Taken all together, the analytical findings offer a great help in evaluating the quality of semifinished tomatoes. We also found that lactic b...

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