| Literature DB >> 21214411 |
Alejandro Reyes1, Agnes Evseev, Andrea Mahn, Valeri Bubnovich, Rubén Bustos, Erick Scheuermann.
Abstract
The effect of particle size, use of infrared radiation, and type of freeze-drying (vacuum or atmospheric) on some nutritional properties of blueberries was investigated. Ascorbic acid was decreased in freeze-dried blueberries compared with fresh fruit, while polyphenols were decreased in atmospheric freeze-drying-unlike in vacuum freeze-drying, where this nutritional property was increased. Antioxidant activity of freeze-dried blueberries did not differ significantly from that found in fresh fruits. In order to minimize the impairment of the nutritional properties of freeze-dried blueberries, it is suggested to use infrared radiation, a relatively small particle size and vacuum freeze-drying.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21214411 DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2010.534078
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Food Sci Nutr ISSN: 0963-7486 Impact factor: 3.833