Analysis of apple beverages treated with high-power ultrasound: a quality function deployment approach.

• Autores: Anet Režek Jambrak, Marina Šimunek, Franjo Grbeš, Ana Mandura, Ilija Djekic
• Localización: Journal of the science of food and agriculture, ISSN 0022-5142, Vol. 98, Nº 6, 2018, págs. 2258-2266
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The objective of this paper was to demonstrate application of quality function deployment in analysing effects of high power ultrasound on quality properties of apple juices and nectars. In order to develop a quality function deployment model, joint with instrumental analysis of treated samples, a field survey was performed to identify consumer preferences towards quality characteristics of juices/nectar.; Results: Based on field research, the three most important characteristics were 'taste' and 'aroma' with 28.5% of relative absolute weight importance, followed by 'odour' (16.9%). The quality function deployment model showed that the top three 'quality scores' for apple juice were treatments with amplitude 90 µm, 9 min treatment time and sample temperature 40 °C; 60 µm, 9 min, 60 °C; and 90 µm, 6 min, 40 °C. For nectars, the top three were treatments 120 µm, 9 min, 20 °C; 60 µm, 9 min, 60 °C; and A2.16 60 µm, 9 min, 20 °C.; Conclusion: This type of quality model enables a more complex measure of large scale of different quality parameters. Its simplicity should be understood as its practical advantage and, as such, this tool can be a part of design quality when using novel preservation technologies. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.; © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.