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- Title
A comparison of juice extraction methods in the pungency measurement of onion bulbs.
- Authors
Yoo, Kil Sun; Lee, Eun Jin; Hamilton, Brian K; Patil, Bhimanagouda S
- Abstract
BACKGROUND Onion pungency is estimated by measuring the pyruvic acid content in juice extracted from fresh tissues. We compared pyruvic acid content and its variation in the juices extracted by the pressing, maceration, blending with no water, or blending with water (blend/water) methods. RESULTS There were considerable differences in the pyruvic acid content and coefficient of variation ( CV) among these methods, and there was an interaction between the onion cultivars and the juice extraction methods. The pressing method showed over 30% CV in the quartered or composite samples. The blend/water method showed the greatest pyruvic acid content in the shortday-type (' TG1015Y' and 'Texas Early White') onions, while the pressing method showed the greatest pyruvic acid content in the longday-type onions. The blend/water method, which gave ratios between 1:1 and 1:4 (w/w), showed the same pyruvic acid content. The blending (no water) method had the highest correlation, followed by the maceration method. The lowest correlations were found with the pressing method and the blend/water method. CONCLUSIONS Complete homogenisation of tissues with 1:1 or greater ratios of water was necessary for the maximum consistency and full development of the pyruvic acid reaction for onion pungency measurement. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry
- Subjects
ONIONS; FLAVORING essences; PUNGENCY; PYRUVIC acid; PUNGENCY measurement; MIXING; EXTRACTION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture, 2016, Vol 96, Issue 3, p735
- ISSN
0022-5142
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jsfa.7192