Ultrasound Improves Antimicrobial Effect of Sodium Hypochlorite and Instrumental Texture on Fresh-Cut Yellow Melon
Table 1
Mean values of texture profile analysis and physicochemical parameters of melon.
Variables
Sanitation treatment
SW
NaOCl
US
US + NaOCl
pH
6.50 ± 0.13a
6.38 ± 0.07a
6.52 ± 0.03a
6.43 ± 0.14a
TTA
0.13 ± 0.01a
0.14 ± 0.03a
0.13 ± 0.01a
0.12 ± 0.01a
Firmness
8.09 ± 0.71b
7.99 ± 0.30b
9.52 ± 0.90a
9.42 ± 0.86a
Adhesiveness (g/mm)
2545.78 ± 211.48a
2400.78 ± 182.74a
3244.11 ± 653.43a
2549.67 ± 874.17a
Springiness
25.25 ± 2.39a
26.44 ± 1.23a
24.78 ± 4.93a
23,85 ± 5.63a
Cohesiveness
0.14 ± 0.06b
0.16 ± 0.02ab
0.22 ± 0.01a
0.22 ± 0.02a
Gumminess (N)
1.14 ± 0.19b
1.28 ± 0.12b
2.04 ± 0.22a
1.91 ± 0.02a
Chewiness (g/mm)
2932.78 ± 181.80b
3491.56 ± 452.49ab
5796.11 ± 404.75a
4705.06 ± 197.14ab
SW, sterilized water; US, ultrasound (40 kHz, 500 W); NaOCl, sodium hypochlorite (100 mg/L); TTA, total titratable acidity (%). Means followed by the same letter in the same column do not differ from each other () by Tukey’s test.
