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. 2021 Jul 3;10(7):1538. doi: 10.3390/foods10071538

Table 2.

Phenolic content, bioaccessibility, and structure of selected plant foods as affected by non-thermal processes.

Food Matrix Processing Conditions Structure Phenolic Content Bioaccessibility Increase Bioaccessibility Decrease References
Mango and papaya juice sweetened with Stevia rebaudiana Pulsed electric fields (PEF) (32 and 256 kJ/kg)
Ultrasounds (US) (32 and 256 kJ/kg)
No information provided about structure PEF (32 kJ/kg):
↑ Total phenolic content
US (32 kJ/kg):
↓ Total anthocyanins
PEF (256 kJ/kg) and US (32 and 256 kJ/kg):
Total phenolic content
PEF (256 kJ/kg):
Total anthocyanins
No decreases [42]
Apple, grape, and orange juices High pressure homogenization (HPH) (250 MPa for 10 min) No information provided about structure Apple juice:
↓ Total phenolic content, chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and hesperidin
Grape juice:
↑ Total phenolic content, caffeoyl-trataric acid, proanthocyanidin; ↓ epicatechin
protocatechuic-glucoside
Orange juice:
↑ Total phenolic content, naringin, caffeoyl glucoside, hesperetin- rutinoside, naringenin-trisaccharide, luteolin-rutinoside; ↓ quercetin- trisaccharide
Apple juice:
No increases
Grape juice:
Caffeoyl-tartaric acid
Orange juice:
Naringin, naringenin-trisaccharide, luteolin-rutinoside, quercetin-trisaccharide
Apple juice:
Chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, hesperidin and total phenolic content
Grape juice:
No decreases
Orange juice:
No decreases
[59]
Calçots US (40 kHz; 250 W for 0, 10, 25, 45 min) Firmness was not significantly affected No changes in total phenolic content No increases Total phenolic content [60]
Tomato, lettuce, green pepper, red pepper, zucchini US (40 kHz; 250 W for 20 min) No information provided about structure ↑ Total phenolic content in all products Total phenolic content in green pepper and lettuce Total phenolic content in tomato, red pepper and zucchini [61]
Juçara based smoothie US (220 W for 7 min) Microstructure similar to untreated smoothie but higher particle size (D4,3) No changes in total phenolic content nor total anthocyanins Total anthocyanins No decreases [62]
Carrot PEF (five pulses of 3.5 kV/cm) ↓ Firmness
Degradation of cell walls
↓ Total phenolic content, coumaroylquinic acid, caffeic acid, caffeic acid arab/xiloside, caffeoylshikimic acid, 3-, 4-, 5-caffeoylquinic acid, dicaffeoylquinic acid, caffeic acid derivative, ferulic acid glucoside, ferulic acid coumaroyl glucoside, ferulic acid caffeoyl glucoside
↑ Coumaric acid, caffeoylferuloylquinic acid, caffeic acid arabinoside glucoside, ferulic acid, 3-feruloylquinic acid
Total phenolic content, caffeoylshikimic acid, caffeoylferuloylquinic acid, isoferulic acid, ferulic acid glucoside, ferulic acid caffeoyl glucoside, quercetin-3-O-galactoside, 3-, 4-, 5-caffeoylquinic acid, caffeic acid arabinoside glucoside, caffeic acid Glu acetyl glucoside, ferulic acid, feruloylquinic acid derivative [30]
Fruit juice-based beverage mixed with water PEF (35 kV/cm for 1800 μs)
High pressure processing (HPP) (400 MPa for 5 min)
No information provided about structure PEF:
↑ Caffeic acid, ferulic acid
↓ Total phenolic content chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, hesperidin, quercetin, rutin
HPP:
↑ Caffeic acid
↓ Total phenolic content, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, quercetin, rutin
PEF:
Caffeic acid, p-coumaric, hesperidin, quercetin, rutin
HPP:
Total phenolic content, caffeic acid, p-coumaric, hesperidin, quercetin, rutin
PEF:
Total phenolic content, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid
HPP:
Ferulic acid
[63]
Fruit juice-based beverage mixed with milk PEF (35 kV/cm for 1800 μs)
HPP (400 MPa for 5 min)
No information provided about structure PEF and HPP:
↑ Total phenolic content, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, hesperidin, naringenin, quercetin
↓ ferulic acid, rutin
PEF and HPP:
Total phenolic content, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, hesperidin, quercetin, rutin
No decreases [63]
Fruit juice-based beverage mixed with soymilk PEF (35 kV/cm for 1800 μs)
HPP (400 MPa for 5 min)
No information provided about structure PEF and HPP:
↑ Total phenolic content, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, hesperidin, naringenin, quercetin, rutin
↓ ferulic acid
PEF:
Total phenolic content, quercetin, rutin
HPP:
Total phenolic content, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, hesperidin, naringenin, rutin
PEF and HPP:
p-coumaric acid
[63]
Fruit juice-based beverage mixed with soymilk PEF (35 kV/cm for 1800 μs)
HPP (400 MPa for 5 min)
No information provided about structure PEF:
↑ Total isoflavones, daidzin, genistin, glycitin, daidzein, genistein,
HPP:
↑ Total isoflavones, daidzin, genistin, glycitin, daidzein, genistein, glycitein
PEF:
Total isoflavones, daidzin, genistin, daidzein, genistein,
HPP:
Total isoflavones, daidzin, genistin, daidzein, genistein, glycitein
No decreases [64]
Pomelo and kiwi juices HPH (250 MPa for 10 min) No information provided about structure Pomelo juice:
↑ Total phenolic content ↑ Naringenin-rutinoside, isorhamnetin-rutinoside, naringenin-rutinoside-glucoside, proanthocyanidin, proanthocyanidin-glucoside.
Kiwi juice:
↑ quinic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeoyl glucoside, EGC.
↓ sinensetin
No increases Pomelo juice:
Naringenin-rutinoside, isorhamnetin-rutinoside, feruloyl-glucoside, total phenolic content
Kiwi juice:
Quinic acid
[65]
Apple PEF and storage for 0 h and 24 h 0.01 kJ/kg Unaltered toughness 0 h:
↓ 5-caffeoylquinic acid
24 h:
↑ 5-caffeoylquinic acid, total phenolic content
No increases 0 h:
5-caffeoylquinic acid
Total phenolic content
[58]
1.8 kJ/kg ↓ Toughness 0 h and 24 h:
↓ 5-caffeoylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, p-coumaroylquinic acid, phloretin xyloglucoside, total phenolic content
24 h:
↓ Epicatechin
0 h and 24 h:
Phloretin xyloglucoside
24 h:
Total phenolic content, epicatechin
5-caffeoylquinic acid,
phloretin glycoside
24 h:
Quercetin glycoside, quercetin xyloside,
quercetin galactoside, quercetin arabinoside
7.3 kJ/kg ↓ Toughness 0 h and 24 h:
↓ 5-caffeoylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, p-coumaroylquinic acid, phloretin glucoside, phloretin xyloglucoside, total phenolic content
0 h:
↓ Epicatechin
24 h:
Total phenolic content
0 h:
4-caffeoylquinic acid
Açai juice US (0.9, 1.8, 2.7 and 3.6 kJ/cm3) No information provided about structure ↑ Total anthocyanins (3.6 kJ/cm3) Total anthocyanins No decreases [46]
Orange juice HPH (150 MPa reaching 68 °C for 15 s) No information provided about structure ↑ Vicenin-2
↓ Total flavanones, total flavonoids, apigenin-d, hesperidin
No increases No decreases [49]
Mandarin juices HPH (150 MPa reaching 68 °C for 15 s) Cell rupture and ↓ particle size No changes Apigenin No decreases [34]

PEF: Pulsed electric fields; US: Ultrasounds; HPP: High pressure processing; HPH: High pressure homogenization.