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. 2021 Dec 27;11(1):59. doi: 10.3390/foods11010059

Table 2.

Effect of non-thermal technologies on F&V by-products pigments (anthocyanins, betalains, carotenoids and chlorophylls).

Non-Thermal Technology By-Product Findings Reference
Anthocyanins Electro-technologies Winery wastes and by-products (pomace) Recovery of polyphenols (>20%) at E = 13.3 kV/cm (0–564 kJ/kg) V = 40 kV (0–218 kJ/kg) [95,99]
High pressure Wine by-products Recovery of 41% at 600 MPa, 60 min/solvent (50–50% ethanol in water) [99,109]
High pressure Wine by-products Recovery of 22–83% at 200–600 MPa, 30–90 min, solvent (20–80%; 100–0% ethanol in water) [99,110]
Pulsed electric fields Blueberry pomace
(press cake)
Increase of Delphinidin, Cyanidin, Petunidin, Peonidin, and Malvidin. 51%, 71% and 95% at 1 kV/cm, 3 kV/cm, and 5 kV/cm, respectively [107]
Pulsed electric fields Blueberry by-product Anthocyanin extraction increased (>30%) with PEF process intensification (1–35 kV/cm; 1–10–41 kJ/kg; 10 Hz, 2–100 pulses, 2 μs [105,106,111,112]
Pulsed electric fields Grape by-product
(pomace and peel)
Improved anthocyanin extraction (up to 18.9%) at 1.2, 1.8, and 3.0 kV/cm, 18 kJ/kg, 200–2000 pulses, 100 μs [106,108]
Pulsed electric fields Plum by-product No increase anthocyanins at 37.8–289.8 W, 0.7–25.2 pulses, 10 Hz, 6 μs [106,108]
Pulsed electric fields Peach by-product Improved anthocyanin extraction (up to 11.8-fold) at 0.8 kV/cm, 0.2 kJ/kg; 0.1 Hz 4 μs [106,113]
Pulsed electric fields Raspberry by-product Increase 27.5% at 1 kV/cm, 6 kJ/kg, 20 Hz and 20 μs [106,114]
Pulsed electric fields Sour cherry by-product Improved anthocyanin extraction (up to 54%); 1 kV/cm, 10 kJ/kg, 10 Hz, 20 μs [106,115]
Pulsed electric fields Sweet cherry by-product Improved anthocyanin extraction (up to 38.4%) at 0.5 kV/cm, 10 kJ/kg, 5 Hz, 20 μs [106,116]
Pulsed electric fields Winery wastes and by-products (grapes) Increase of anthocyanins: 3-fold at 3 kV/cm 50 pulses; 1.6 and 2-fold ↑ 5 kV/cm 1 ms [99,117]
Pulsed electric fields Winery wastes and by-products (grapes) Increase of 51–62% at 0.8–5 kV/cm, 1–100 ms, 42–53 kJ/kg [99,117]
Pulsed electric fields Winery wastes and by-products (grapes) Increased anthocyanin content (1.6–1.9 fold more) at 5 kV/cm, 1 ms, 48 kJ/kg [99,118]
Pulsed electric fields Winery wastes and by-products (pomace) Increase of Anthocyanins (2-fold more) at 13.3 kV/cm, 0–564 kJ/kg [99,101]
Pulsed electric fields
+ ultrasounds
Blueberry by-products Increase of anthoycanin extraction (3 fold more) (PEF: 60% ethanol 1:6 and 20 kV/cm; Ultrasounds: 1:6, 40 °C, 60 min at 125 W) [119]
Subcritical/critical
Fluid Extraction
Grape skin Recovery of 85% at 100–130 bar, pH of 2–4, 25–30% ethanol, 25–50 mL/min CO2 flow, and 3–10% extract flow ratio [99,120]
Ultrasounds Eggplant by-product US-assisted extraction (15–45 min) was preferable to conventional solid-liquid extraction due to the lower temperature (25 °C) used and higher delphinidin 3-O-rutinoside content (1.5 fold more). [82]
Ultrasounds Jabuticaba by-products The highest concentration at 1.1 W/cm2, 3 min, 10 KHz [106,121,122]
Ultrasounds Pomegranate peel 116 W sonication power with 80% duty cycle for 6 min for extraction of 22.51 mg cyanidin-3-glucosides/100 g pomegranate peel. [106,123]
Betalains Pulsed electric fields Opuntia stricta peels Total colorants to ≈80 mg/100 g FW (20 kV, frequency of 0.5 Hz, number of pulses of 50) [124]
Pulsed electric fields Red pricky pear peels Increase of 2.4 fold colorants (betanin and isobetanin) at 8–23 kV/cm 50–300 pulses + aqueous extraction [125]
Ultrasound Opuntia stricta peels Total colorants to ≈80 mg/100 g FW (400 W power at 24 kHz frequency for 5–15 min) [124]
Carotenoids Electro-technologies Olive kernel Recovery of polyphenols (2-fold more) E = 13.3 kV/cm (0–141 kJ/kg), V = 40 kV (0–141 kJ/kg) [54,89]
Microemulsion
(Ultrasounds + enzyme)
Tomato pomace Recovery of lycopene (>20%). The optimal conditions (tomato pomace: double distilled water 1:6): combined ultrasound (20–37 W, amplitude 90% and sonication temperature of 10 °C for 15 min) and enzyme pretreatments (0.2 mL/kg, 30 min, pH 4, 35 °C), saponin as a natural surfactant, and glycerol as a co-surfactant. [55,126]
Pulsed Electric Fields Tomato waste Recovery of 12–18% of lycopene in acetone and ethyl lactate extracts at 5 kJ/Kg and 5 kV/cm (20 °C). [55,105,127]
Supercritical Fluid Extraction Broccoli by-products Decrease of beta-carotene (>10%) compared with conventional treatment at 400 bars, 5% of ethanol [79]
Supercritical fluid extraction F&V waste:
-sweet potato, tomato, apricot, pumpkin and peach peels
-green, yellow and red peppers
Total carotenoid recovery values were greater than 90% w/w, with β-carotene being the most successfully extracted compound (TCRs 88–100% w/w), at 350 bar, 15 g/min CO2, 15.5% (v/v) ethanol as co-solvent, 30 min of extraction time) [128,129]
Ultrasound Orange processing waste Optimization of β-carotene extraction with enzyme assisted technology at 20 kHz, 500 W and 25 °C [129,130]
Ultrasound Red pricky pear peels Increase of 2.6 fold colorants (betanin and isobetanin) at 400 W 5–15 min + aqueous extraction [125]
Ultrasound Tomato pomace Lycopene increase (>10%) at 25–40 °C, 0–10 min, 0–100 kPa; 58–94 μm; Hexane %: 25–75 [55,131,132]
Ultrasounds Tomato peel 5-fold lower all-trans lycopene content by ultrasounds (30 min 0 °C) compared to thermal extraction (75 °C, 1–2 h). [14]
Chlorophylls Electro-technologies Olive kernel Recovery of polyphenols (>30%) E = 13.3 kV/cm (0–141 kJ/kg), V = 40 kV (0–141 kJ/kg) [54]
Supercritical Fluid Extraction Broccoli by-products Increase of chlorophylls (>10%) at 400 bars, and 5% of ethanol [79]