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. 2020 Apr 4;25(7):1670. doi: 10.3390/molecules25071670

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
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.