Title
Influence of roasting on the water sorption isotherms of argentinean algarroba (Prosopis alba Griseb) pods
Date Issued
01 July 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Prokopiuk D.
Martínez-Navarrete N.
Andrés A.
Chiralt A.
Publisher(s)
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
Prosopis alba is an arboreal legume that occurs naturally in Argentine. Its fruits (algarroba or Prosopis pods) are dried or roasted, ground and then used in foods and feeds. The influence of roasting process on the water sorption isotherms of Prosopis pod flour at three storage temperatures was studied. The equilibrium data for each sorption isotherm were determined by the standard static gravimetric method. Experimental values were fitted to the BET and GAB sorption models. Type II isotherms were obtained according to Brunauer classification. The calculated isosteric heats of sorption (Qs) near the monolayer moisture content were 7.30 and 7.68 kJ/mol for raw and roasted flour, respectively. The results showed that roasting did not significantly change the behavior of the products with regard to water adsorption, although a slight reduction of the tendency to humectation was observed, this being somewhat less spontaneous. In this aspect, the stability of Prosopis flour is similar in the raw and roasted states. Copyright © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Start page
692
End page
701
Volume
13
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas Ingeniería de producción
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77955498830
Source
International Journal of Food Properties
ISSN of the container
1532-2386
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge the Secretaria General de Ciencia y Tecnica of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (Argentine) for the financial support given to this investigation and the R&D+i Linguistic Assistance Office at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) for their help in translating this paper.
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