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. 2020 Jul 21;10(46):27280–27287. doi: 10.1039/d0ra03873c

Physicochemical properties of pH, °Brix and color parameters of the grapefruit juice sufficiently pasteurized by different IEF treatmentsa.

Treatment conditions pH °Brix L* a* b* ΔE*
Untreated sample 3.77 ± 0.00a 11.2 ± 0.00a 71.22 ± 0.04d 4.21 ± 0.04c 33.25 ± 0.03c
900 V, 300 s, T0 = 20 °C 3.77 ± 0.00a 11.2 ± 0.04a 71.37 ± 0.04c 4.58 ± 0.11b 33.50 ± 0.12b 0.47 ± 0.07d
900 V, 400 s, T0 = 10 °C 3.77 ± 0.01a 11.3 ± 0.09a 71.51 ± 0.11bc 4.79 ± 0.08ab 33.61 ± 0.06b 0.74 ± 0.12c
1800 V, 240 s, T0 = 20 °C 3.78 ± 0.02a 11.3 ± 0.06a 71.69 ± 0.06b 4.83 ± 0.08ab 33.72 ± 0.11ab 0.91 ± 0.08b
1800 V, 180 s, T0 = 40 °C 3.76 ± 0.02a 11.4 ± 0.06a 71.72 ± 0.15ab 4.88 ± 0.12a 33.86 ± 0.14a 1.03 ± 0.18ab
2700 V, 180 s, T0 = 20 °C 3.78 ± 0.01a 11.5 ± 0.05a 72.14 ± 0.12a 4.96 ± 0.10a 33.94 ± 0.04a 1.37 ± 0.05a
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The conducted frequency of the induced electric field is 300 Hz. Different superscript lowercase letters in the same column indicate the significant difference at a level of 0.05.