Food Chemistry: X (Jun 2023)

Edible gum addition improves the quality of freeze-dried restructured strawberry blocks

  • Feifei Yang,
  • Xiyun Sun,
  • Jiaqi Hu,
  • Honghong Cai,
  • Hongwei Xiao,
  • Xianghua Wu,
  • Chunju Liu,
  • Haiou Wang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18
p. 100702

Abstract

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Freeze-dried restructured strawberry blocks (FRSB) have become an increasingly popular product. In this study, the effects of six edible gums (guar gum, gelatin, xanthan gum, pectin, konjac gum, and carrageenan) on the FRSB quality were investigated. For FRSBs, compared with those in untreated samples, the 0.6 % guar gum addition increased texture profile analysis (TPA) hardness, chewiness, and puncture hardness by 29.59%, 174.86%, and 25.34%, respectively; after the 0.6% gelatin addition, the sensory evaluation sourness was reduced by 8.58%, whereas yield, TPA chewiness, and puncture hardness were increased by 3.40%, 28.62%, and 92.12%, respectively; with the 0.9% gelatin addition, the sensory evaluation sourness was reduced by 8.58%; with the 0.9% pectin addition, the yield, TPA hardness, chewiness, and puncture hardness were increased by 4.55%, 5.94%, 77.49%, and 103.62%, respectively. In summary, 0.6–0.9% pectin, gelatin, and guar gum addition are recommended to improve the main qualities of FRSBs.

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