Estudo do efeito do tipo de corte, adição de cloreto de cálcio e ácido ascórbico nas características físicas, físico-químicas e microbiológicas do abacaxi minimamente processado

Abstract

Because of the World trend about the consumption of “ in natura” products or products similar to these, the products with minimum processing have been presenting a high distinction in the consuming market this work had the objective of evaluate the effects of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and ascorbic acid removal and addition in the physical chemistry, physical and microbiological characteristics of pineapple with minimum processing. The equipments, tools and packages were higienized with 200 ppm sodium hipochloride solution for 30 minutes and the physical estructure was left in contact until drying “pérola” pineapple samples from the state of Paraíba were acquired in the supplying center – CEASA in Fortaleza, Ceará and were submitted to pre-washing, washing, with 200 ppm sodium hipochloride for 2 minutes phases and stored in 12°C with the objective of temperature stabilization inside fruit. Under temperature of 12°C fruit were peeled, cut in trapeze and slice shapes and were submitted to 3 treatments: I) kind of cut effect; II) calcium effect (solution with 0%, 1% and 2,5% of CaCl2) and III) ascorbic acid effect (solution with 0 ppm, 2000 ppm and 3000 ppm of ascorbic acid). The cut fruit were imersed in these solutions the water excess was drained and were stored for 16 days in 4°C ± 1°C, in gaps of 4 days, samples were collected and submitted to physical chemistry, physical and microbiological analyses. By the end if experiments it was concluded that pineapple cut in slices treated with 1% of calcium chloride and 300 ppm of ascorbic acid are the most indicated to the minimum processing because they preserved their quality characteristics.