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http://dx.doi.org/10.11002/kjfp.2013.20.1.23

Effect of Mild Heat and Organic Acid Treatments on the Quality of Fresh-Cut Lotus Roots  

Park, Ju-Hyun (Korea Food Reserch Institute)
Hong, Seok-In (Korea Food Reserch Institute)
Jeong, Moon-Cheol (Korea Food Reserch Institute)
Kim, Dongman (Korea Food Reserch Institute)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.20, no.1, 2013 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
To extend the shelf-life of freshly cut lotus roots, the effect of their heat treatment in water at $50^{\circ}C$ was investigated and compared with that of their treatment using 1 percent ascorbic acid and citric acid during their storage. In addition, consecutive heat and acid treatment was applied to freshly cut lotus roots to determine its synergy effect. The level of molds in the sample that was treated with $50^{\circ}C$ water for 60 minutes was the lowest among the treatments and 3.89 log CFU/g after 12-day storage, whereas the population of the control was 6.81 log CFU/g for the same number of days. During the storage, the surface color of the samples showed higher ${\Delta}E$ values and lower L values than that of the initial sample. The color with the heat treatment hardly changed, unlike in the control. The consecutive treatments with hot water and acid showed less quality loss than the simple heat treatment. The marketable quality was maintained for three days without any treatment, for nine days with the heat treatment, and for 12 days with the consecutive treatments of hot water and acid. The consecutive treatments with hot water and acid, especially with 1 percent citric acid, extended the shelf-life of the freshly cut lotus roots by inhibiting the growth of microorganisms and the browning.
Keywords
Fresh-cut; lotus root; quality; mild heat; organic acid;
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