Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 34 issue 1 (march 2015) : 49-53

Effect of chemical preservation over thermal processing on storage stability of tomato juice

Gurpreet Kaur*, Poonam Aggarwal
1Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India.
Cite article:- Kaur* Gurpreet, Aggarwal Poonam (2024). Effect of chemical preservation over thermal processing on storage stability of tomato juice. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 34(1): 49-53. doi: 10.5958/0976-0563.2015.00010.X.
The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of chemical treatments and storage on physicochemical, phytochemical compounds and antioxidant activity of tomato juice. Potassium metabisulfite, Sodium benzoate and their combination was used as chemical additives. Thermal treatment lead to the destruction of phytochemical nutrients and antioxidant activity. Non-significant (p£0.05) decrease was found for physicochemical parameters and antioxidant activity. Out of chemical additives, Potassium Metabisulfite treated samples were found to retain the maximum nutritional quality and antioxidant activity at the end of storage period of six months. There was significant increase in the shelf stability of the chemically preserved juices than the thermally treated samples.
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