Powder lemon juice containing oligosaccharides obtained by dextransucrase acceptor reaction synthesis and dehydrated in sprouted bed.
Oligosaccharides can be synthesized using the sugars present in the fruit juices through the dextransucrase acceptor reaction. In the present work, the effect of reducing sugar and sucrose concentration on oligosaccharide formation in lemon juice was evaluated through response surface methodology. The oligosaccharide formation in lemon juice was favored at high concentrations of sucrose (75 g/L) and reducing sugar (75 g/L). At this synthesis conditions, an oligosaccharide concentration of 94.81 g/L was obtained with a conversion of 63.21% of the initial sugars into the target product. Oligosaccharides with degree of polymerization up to 11 were obtained. The lemon juice was dehydrated in spouted bed using maltodextrin as drying adjuvant. The powder obtained at 60°C with 20 % maltodextrin presented low moisture (2.24 %), low water activity (Aw = 0.18) and the lowest reconstitution time (~46 s). The results showed that lemon juice is suitable for oligosaccharides enzyme synthesis and can be dehydrated in spouted bed.
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
Raquel Macedo Dantas
RM
Coelho
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
Antônia Daiana Andrade
AD
Araújo
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
Cláudia Patrícia Mourão Lima
CP
Fontes
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
Ana Raquel Araujo
AR
da Silva
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
José Maria Correia
JM
da Costa
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus do Pici, Bloco 851, CEP: 60021970 Fortaleza Ceara, Brazil.
Sueli
S
Rodrigues
Dextransucrase; Lemon juice; Leuconostoc mesenteroides; Oligosaccharides