Journal of Biosystems Engineering
- Volume 24 Issue 5
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- Pages.407-414
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- 1999
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- 1738-1266(pISSN)
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- 2234-1862(eISSN)
The Physicochemical Properties of Hand-Peeled and Flame-Peeled Chestnuts
수작업 박피밤과 화염박피 밤의 물리화학적 특성
Abstract
To evaluate the quality of flame-peeled chestnuts, their physical and chemical properties were analyzed. The physicochemical properties of flame-peeled chestnuts, including geometrical shape, texture and chemical composition, were compared to those of hand-peeled ones. For the flame-peeled chestnuts, some properties in heated and non-heated sections were separately analyzed. The color, texture such as springness, cohesiveness, adhesiveness, hardness and chewiness, moisture content, and reducing sugar of the heated section of the flame-peeled chestnuts were significantly different with their non-heated section. But the physicochemical properties of the non-heated section of the flame-peeled chestnuts were similar to those of the hand-peeled ones.