Table 2.
Physicochemical composition (mean ± standard deviation) of orange pulp and peel, and jam with different orange peel concentrations.
Parameter | Pulp | Peel | OP0 | OP4 | OP8 | OP12 |
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pH | 3.97 ± 0.00 B | 4.87 ± 0.01 A | 3.30 ± 0.03 A | 3.31 ± 0.04 A | 3.33 ± 0.02 A | 3.35 ± 0.05 A |
Aw | 0.99 ± 0.00 A | 0.97 ± 0.00 B | 0.75 ± 0.00 d | 0.78 ± 0.00 c | 0.80 ± 0.00 b | 0.82 ± 0.00 A |
Soluble Solids (°Brix) | 10.13 ± 0.06 A | 1.34 ± 0.01 B | 63.00 ± 0.00 d | 63.50 ± 0.00 c | 63.80 ± 0.00 b | 64.01 ± 0.00 A |
Titratable Acidity (% acid citric) | 0.97 ± 0.00 A | 0.41 ± 0.00 B | 0.57 ± 0.00 d | 0.62 ± 0.00 c | 0.69 ± 0.00 b | 0.76 ± 0.00 A |
Soluble Solids/Titratable Acidity Ratio | 10.45 ± 0.00 A | 3.28 ± 0.01 B | 110.53 ± 0.00 A | 100.84 ± 0.00 b | 91.14 ± 0.00 c | 84.85 ± 0.08 d |
Reducing Sugars (g 100 g−1) | 2.60 ± 0.01 A | 2.56 ± 0.05 A | 16.12 ± 0.02 d | 18.61 ± 0.02 c | 20.50 ± 0.02 b | 23.80 ± 0.00 A |
Non-Reducing Sugars (g 100 g−1) | 9.32 ± 0.06 A | 2.78 ± 0.01 B | 23.90 ± 0.08 c | 24.85 ± 0.02 b | 24.91 ± 0.02 b | 26.18 ± 0.00 A |
Total Sugars (g 100 g−1) | 11.71 ± 0.08 A | 5.60 ± 0.02 B | 40.03 ± 0.09 d | 43.46 ± 0.00 c | 45.41 ± 0.00 b | 49.99 ± 0.00 A |
Distinct capital letters on the line indicate significant difference in the Student’s t-test (p < 0.05) for orange pulp and peel; distinct lower case letters on the line indicate significant difference in the Tukey’s test (p < 0.05) for jams; the results are reported on a wet basis.