Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam

Traditional heating method of pineapple puree during the production of pineapple jam can cause over degradation of quality of the fresh pineapple. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine optimum microwave-assisted processing conditions for producing pineapple jam which could reduce water...

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Main Authors: Mohd Ismail, Nur Aisyah, Abdullah, Norazlin, Muhammad, Norhayati
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2018
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author Mohd Ismail, Nur Aisyah
Abdullah, Norazlin
Muhammad, Norhayati
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Muhammad, Norhayati
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description Traditional heating method of pineapple puree during the production of pineapple jam can cause over degradation of quality of the fresh pineapple. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine optimum microwave-assisted processing conditions for producing pineapple jam which could reduce water activity, and meets minimum requirement for pH and total soluble solids contents of fruit jam. The experiment was designed using full-factorial experimental design, which the power and time of the microwave processing were chosen as the independent variables, while the water activity, pH and total soluble solids (TSS) content of the pineapple jam were determined as dependent variables. The microwave treatment was optimised to achieve ideal properties of pineapple jam. The optimum microwave processing of pineapple jam was obtained at 800 Watts of power for 8 minutes. The usage of domestic microwave oven for the pineapple jam production also results in acceptable pineapple jam with 62% of consumers’ preference compared to conventional fruit jam sold in the marketplace.
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spelling uthm-48582021-12-21T08:15:47Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4858/ Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam Mohd Ismail, Nur Aisyah Abdullah, Norazlin Muhammad, Norhayati SB Plant culture SB354 -402 Fruit and fruit culture SB381 -386 Berries and small fruits T Technology (General) TP368-456 Food processing and manufacture Traditional heating method of pineapple puree during the production of pineapple jam can cause over degradation of quality of the fresh pineapple. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine optimum microwave-assisted processing conditions for producing pineapple jam which could reduce water activity, and meets minimum requirement for pH and total soluble solids contents of fruit jam. The experiment was designed using full-factorial experimental design, which the power and time of the microwave processing were chosen as the independent variables, while the water activity, pH and total soluble solids (TSS) content of the pineapple jam were determined as dependent variables. The microwave treatment was optimised to achieve ideal properties of pineapple jam. The optimum microwave processing of pineapple jam was obtained at 800 Watts of power for 8 minutes. The usage of domestic microwave oven for the pineapple jam production also results in acceptable pineapple jam with 62% of consumers’ preference compared to conventional fruit jam sold in the marketplace. Penerbit Akademia Baru 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4858/1/AJ%202018%20%28128%29.pdf Mohd Ismail, Nur Aisyah and Abdullah, Norazlin and Muhammad, Norhayati (2018) Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 42 (1). pp. 24-30. ISSN 2289-7879
spellingShingle SB Plant culture
SB354 -402 Fruit and fruit culture
SB381 -386 Berries and small fruits
T Technology (General)
TP368-456 Food processing and manufacture
Mohd Ismail, Nur Aisyah
Abdullah, Norazlin
Muhammad, Norhayati
Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title_full Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title_fullStr Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title_full_unstemmed Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title_short Effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
title_sort effect of microwave-assisted processing on quality characteristics of pineapple jam
topic SB Plant culture
SB354 -402 Fruit and fruit culture
SB381 -386 Berries and small fruits
T Technology (General)
TP368-456 Food processing and manufacture
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4858/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4858/1/AJ%202018%20%28128%29.pdf