Chemical Composition of Frozen Biofortified Pepper and Pumpkin

Practicability of the use of biofortified sweet pepper of Zoloto Skifov variety and pumpkins of Sviten variety for processing by freezing is proved. The test samples were grown using a liquid, organic, environmentally friendly fertilizers “Riverm” (control – vegetables that were grown using standard technology). Vegetables were frozen at –23 °C after preconditioning and packaging. Storage of finished products was at –18 °C for 6 months. The research found that during the freezing and storage of vegetables gradual loss of sugars is occurred. Biofortified frozen pepper at 6-th month of storage contains 87.9 % of total initial sugar, biofortified frozen pumpkin – 59.5 %.Test samples of peppers and pumpkins after storage are more valuable for the sugar content than the controls. Changes of pectin amount were observeded during the freezing and storage of samples. After 6 months their content increased by an average of 52 % of the original content in the used raw materials. Tissue content immediately after freezing peppers and pumpkins also increased on average by 61 %, but after 3 months of storage began to decline and these changes lasted until the end of life. Freezing had an impact on the amount of hemicellulose in frozen vegetables. After 6 months of storage biofortified vegetables contained an average of 58.1 % of hemicellulose in comparison with its original content. During the freezing and storage of test and control samples of peppers and pumpkins, there is a general pattern of change in the content of sugars and polysaccharides, but after 6 months of storage the most valuable are biofortified vegetables. This is due to the high nutritional value of fresh biofortified vegetables that were used for processing

Formation of Consumption Properties of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) Sauce

The aim of the study is to form consumption properties of a green sweet pepper sauce with a balanced content of macro- and microelements. Due to the use of Xanthium strumarium and chitosan a new product has high organoleptic properties that attract a consumer and increase its competitiveness at the market.Sweet green pepper that relates to most valuable vegetable cultures as to food value and taste was chosen as a main component of a sauce. For giving it a necessary consistence and for decreasing a time of thermal processing, there was used chitosan. According to results of the conducted studies, it was established, that among studied types of chitosan, advantages as to forming a consistence belongs to food acid-soluble chitosan with particle sizes up to 0,5 mm in amount 0,5 %.For preserving the natural green color, pepper fruits were preliminarily processed in 1 % decoction of Xanthium strumarium at temperature 75ºС during 15 min. For increasing its food value, the recipe was added with spicy-aromatic vegetable raw materials: garlic, dill, parsley, celery.The sauce quality was formed by mathematical modeling using general criteria of optimization of organoleptic parameters. There were also determined specific criteria of optimization of the recipe composition taking into account their daily need. As a result of the conducted studies the composition of recipe components for the sauce was optimized: sweet pepper 80 %, garlic leaves – 5 %, parsley leaves,dill – 5 %, celery leaves – 5 %, salt – 1,5 %, sugar – 0,5 %, chitosan – 0,5 %.There were studied organoleptic parameters of the developed sauce, characterized by a pleasant bright-green color, homogenous paste-like consistence, pleasant taste and smell. The used stabilizing factors allowed to get the sauce with the increased content of essential factors of nutrition. They participate in the increase of protective forces of the organism, so allow to recommend them in prophylactic, child and dietary nutrition

Stabilization of the Natural Color of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) During Its Processing

The influence of various parameters of technological treatment on the degree of chlorophyll destruction and change in the green coloration of the sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) has been investigated. It has been established that the temperature and duration of its effect on sweet pepper during primary heat treatment alter its natural green coloration to yellow with a brown tint. The paper presents experimental spectra of the intensity of light absorption by the samples of sweet pepper, which make it possible to define regularities in the influence of time and temperature on the color and the degree of chlorophyll destruction.During blanching, from 25.2 to 59.2 per cent of the total amount of chlorophylls of the starting value are destroyed, depending on the water temperature. It was established that the blanching process duration negatively affects the content of chlorophylls as well: depending on the process duration, 20.2‒61.7 % of the original content are degraded. The experimental diffuse reflection spectra for opaque objects, provided here, have made it possible to identify the dependence of color of the samples of pepper, treated in the Xanthium strumarium decoction, on various factors of the technological process.It is shown that the use of decoction of the natural plant raw material Xanthium strumarium for treating the samples leads to the stabilization of the green coloration of pepper compared to that blanched in water. The influence of the Xanthium strumarium concentration, temperature, and exposure time in the decoction, on the color of pepper samples has been investigated. Applying such color­parametric characteristics, calculated on the basis of spectral reflection coefficients using a CIE XYZ method, as dominant wavelength (λ, nm), color clarity (P, %), and brightness (T, %), has made it possible to compare the color of pepper samples with fresh samples (control­1), as well as with the samples blanched in water (control­2).The multivariate experiment, performed in this research, has made it possible to optimize parameters for the technological treatment of pepper samples in the Xanthium strumarium decoction. Basic parameters for treating sweet pepper are a 1­% Xanthium strumarium decoction, a treatment temperature of 75 °C, and a treatment duration of 15 minute