Research Article

Effects of Different Enzymes and Concentrations in the Production of Clarified Lemon Juice

Table 3

Pectinmethylesterase activity values of lemon juice concentrates (%).

StorageRapidase IntenseNovoferm 61Novozym 33095Factory production
10
(μL/100 mL)
20
(μL/100 mL)
40
(μL/100 mL)
10
(μL/100 mL)
20
(μL/100 mL)
40
(μL/100 mL)
10
(μL/100 mL)
20
(μL/100 mL)
40
(μL/100 mL)
20
(μL/100 mL)

30th day0.98 ± 0.37bA0.42 ± 0.01aA0.76 ± 0.07aA1.13 ± 0.12abA0.50 ± 0.00aB0.49 ± 0.00aB0.39 ± 0.02a
60th day0.45 ± 0.04cA0.44 ± 0.01aA0.68 ± 0.22aA 0.32 ± 0.04b
90th day1.42 ± 0.09aA0.19 ± 0.01bC0.75 ± 0.08aB0.68 ± 0.14bcA0.56 ± 0.03aA0.49 ± 0.01aA0.41 ± 0.04a
180th day0.41 ± 0.02cA0.14 ± 0.00cC0.21 ± 0.02bB 0.28 ± 0.01b

Small letters on the same column show the difference between the storage periods; uppercased letters in the same row show the difference between enzyme concentrations for each enzyme. The difference between storage periods and enzyme concentrations is at level of 0.01 ( ) and *0.05 ( ) importance.