Table 1.
Total Soluble Solids (TSS), Titratable Acidity (TA) and pH value in untreated and pre-treated dried pineapple slices.
Sample Condition | Total Soluble Solids (TSS) oBrix | Titratable Acidity (TA) (mg/100g) | pH | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fresh | 12 0.10f | 691.34 85.63a | 3.44 0.01i | |
Drying at 50 °C | UTR | 80.00 2.00cde | 378.93 13.48b | 4.22 0.02a |
1TR | 82.66 5.03bcd | 209.46 5.11f | 4.13 0.02b | |
2TR | 82.00 2.00bcde | 267.75 6.38de | 3.92 0.02c | |
3TR | 89.33 3.06a | 195.19 6.51f | 4.10 0.10b | |
4TR | 85.00 7.07ab | 206.04 6.24f | 3.92 0.01c | |
Drying at 55 °C | UTR | 80.00 2.00cde | 380.93 8.49b | 3.73 0.02e |
1TR | 80.00 2.00cde | 254.75 6.53e | 3.69 0.01e | |
2TR | 82.00 2.00bcde | 273.39 5.42de | 3.69 0.02e | |
3TR | 84.00 2.00bc | 256.41 6.11e | 3.59 0.02f | |
4TR | 82.67 4.16bcd | 214.29 6.94f | 3.81 0.02d | |
Drying at 60 °C | UTR | 76.67 3.06e | 390.12 8.26b | 3.53 0.01g |
1TR | 80.67 3.06bcde | 265.45 5.53de | 3.49 0.01gh | |
2TR | 78.00 2.00de | 301.35 6.03cd | 3.36 0.01j | |
3TR | 83.33 3.06bcd | 283.79 6.92de | 3.49 0.01ghi | |
4TR | 80.67 3.06bcde | 327.92 11.56c | 3.47 0.01hi |
-All the values in the table are mean ± SD of three independent determinations. Samples in the same column with different superscript letters differ significantly at p < 0.05.