Effects of different pretreatment on the drying characteristics and pectin properties of jujube by microwave coupled with pulsed vacuum drying
Zhao D. Ji Z. Xia Y. Rao H. Zhang Z. Jenis J. Hao J.
July 2024John Wiley and Sons Inc
Journal of Food Process Engineering
2024#47Issue 7
The effects of ultrasound (US), ultrahigh pressure (UP), cold plasma (CP), and high pressure and pulsed electric fields (PEF) pretreatments were evaluated for drying characteristics, bioactive components, and pectin properties of jujube slices during microwave coupled with pulsed vacuum drying (MPVD). US, CP, and PEF reduced drying time by 18.75%, while UP reduced it by 6.25%. Samples treated with US and PEF showed improved color and rehydration (345.11%, 319.24%), with SEM revealing larger pores post-pretreatment. PEF-treated jujube had highest phenol (16.95 mg GAE/g DW) and water-soluble pectin(WSP) (43.71 mg/g AIR), correlating positively with rehydration (r = 0.67). CP had highest flavonoid content (17.01 mg RE/g DW) and US showed highest antioxidant activity (DPPH 80.57%, ABTS 89.65%). Chelate-soluble pectin (CSP) Sodium carbonate-soluble pectin (NSP) was positively correlated with hardness (r = 0.71, 0.69). These findings suggest pretreatments improve drying efficiency, nutrient retention, and pectin functionality in jujube products. Practical Applications: Drying for jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is the most common method of processing and ensure the sale. Three kinds of non-thermal processing pretreatment method (ultrasound, ultrahigh pressure, and cold plasma) combined with novel drying method, microwave coupled pulsed vacuum drying (MPVD) was studied in the application on the dehydration of jujube slice in this paper. The drying characteristics and pectin properties of winter jujube were analyzed and treated by MPVD compared with freeze drying and hot air drying, for both technological research and processing practice. The drying kinetics, bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity, sensory attributes, and pectin properties were also used as descriptors in order to promising dehydration method for obtaining high value-added jujube products. Moreover, the relationship between the cell wall pectin and the phenols, hardness and crispness were analyzed, which give a new insight to study the changing scheme in the nutrients and the texture during the dehydration for fruits and vegetables.
bioactive components , jujube , microwave coupled pulsed vacuum drying , pectin properties , pretreatment
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College of Food Science & Biology, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Center for Medicinal Plants, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
College of Food Science & Biology
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Center for Medicinal Plants
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