Research Article

Enrichment of Apple Slices with Bioactive Compounds from Pomegranate Cryoconcentrated Juice as an Osmodehydration Agent

Table 1

Composition parameters of fresh and processed samples (processing time: 180 min), water mass fraction (), soluble solids mass fraction (), water loss (), solid gain (), and water activity ().

Treatments

Fresh0.85 ± 0.01g0.22 ± 0.02a0.98 ± 0.09g
OD 30°C0.58 ± 0.01f0.33 ± 0.02b−0.32 ± 0.04c0.63 ± 0.12d0.91 ± 0.01d,e
OD/OH 30°C0.56 ± 0.01d,e,f0.77 ± 0.02d−0.85 ± 0.03c2.14 ± 0.15a0.91 ± 0.01e,f
PVOD 30°C0.56 ± 0.01d,e,f0.90 ± 0.12e−0.27 ± 0.01a0.45 ± 0.08d,e0.91 ± 0.01c,d,e
PVOD/OH 30°C0.55 ± 0.05c,d,e,f0.72 ± 0.03d−0.27 ± 0.01a1.88 ± 0.08a,b0.92 ± 0.00f
OD 40°C0.57 ± 0.01e,f0.47 ± 0.23c−0.66 ± 0.08b1.50 ± 0.06b,c0.91 ± 0.01e,f
OD/OH 40°C0.52 ± 0.01d,c,d0.79 ± 0.04d−0.66 ± 0.05b1.35 ± 0.81c0.90 ± 0.01c,d
PVOD 40°C0.54 ± 0.00b,c,d,e0.82 ± 0.03d,e−0.36 ± 0.16a0.51 ± 0.03d,e0.91 ± 0.01d,e,f
PVOD/OH 40°C0.51 ± 0.03a,b,c0.78 ± 0.01d−0.31 ± 0.24a1.27 ± 0.22d,e0.90±0.01b,c
OD 50°C0.57 ± 0.01e,f0.76 ± 0.02d−1.15 ± 0.01d2.08 ± 0.45a,b0.92 ± 0.01f
OD/OH 50°C0.47 ± 0.02a,b0.80 ± 0.06d,e−0.33 ± 0.09a0.51 ± 0.07d,e0.89 ± 0.01b
PVOD 50°C0.52 ± 0.01c,d,e0.79 ± 0.02d,e−0.28 ± 0.07a0.52±0.10d0.92 ± 0.01e,f
PVOD/OH 50°C0.49 ± 0.01a,b0.81 ± 0.01d,e−0.35 ± 0.01a0.65±0.03d0.87 ± 0.00a

Different letters in each column indicate significant differences at , according to a LSD test. OD: osmotic dehydration at atmospheric pressure; PVOD: pulsed vacuum, both with conventional heating; OH: ohmic heating (OD/OH and PVOD/OH), electric field intensity at 6.66 V/cm (50 V).