Shelf-life study of osmodehydrated white cabbage packaged in modified atmosphere: A mathematical approach

Osmotic treatment (OT) is a process applied for drying of fruits and vegetables where the hypertonic solution is osmotic medium. White cabbage (cultivar „Futoški“) shelf-life analysis was conducted after OT in three different hypertonic solutions: a mixture of commercial sucrose and NaCl (S1), a mixture of S1 and molasses in the ratio 1:1 (S2) and. pure sugar beet molasses (85.4% dry matter) (S3). After the OT, cabbage samples were packed in high barrier bags in the modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The composition of two mix-tures of used gas (40:60/CO2:N2 and 80:20/CO2:N2) was imported into bags. The samples were analysed for L-ascorbic acid content, pH, acidity and a total number of microorganisms and sensorial attributes during 90 days of storage in a refrigerator at 4-8 °C in defined time intervals. During the 90-day storage in the MAP, microbiological analysis showed that the number of microorganisms decreased during the storage in the MAP. The highest retention of ascorbic acid (27.35%) was observed in OT cabbage dehydrated in pure molasses solution and 80:20/CO2:N2 gas mixture after 90 days of storage. Sensory analysis showed that osmodehydrated cabbage for 20 days in S1, and 45 days for OT cabbage in solutions S2 and S3 had acceptable consumable characteristics

MINERAL SUBSTANCES IN SUGAR BEET MOLASSES

Molasses, a byproduct of the sugar industry, presents multicomponent system of complex chemical composition and a suitable raw material for a range of food technology. The composition of molasses is conditioned by the sugar beet quality, applied beet processing technology and used aids. The main parts of molasses consists carbohydrates, primarily sucrose. Significant percentage of nonsucroses presents the compounds whose qualitative and quantitative composition is essential for estimation the benefits of molasses as a raw material in the processing and fermentation industries. Non sucrose molasses substances are divided into inorganic (mineral) compounds, organic compounds with nitrogen and organic compounds without nitrogen. The research work has dealt with ivestigations of molasses mineral substances, which was produced in the sugar beet processing of Serbian factories. The analysis included the impact of the processing conditions on content and composition of molasses nonsucrose substances