Abstract
Abstract Fresh cauliflower was cut into florets, blanched, treated and spread in trays to dry by means of a solar drying process. The influences of packaging materials, blanching time, and potassium metabisulphite (KMS) concentration levels on the quality of solar dehydrated cauliflower up to 6 months of storage were studied. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) present in fresh cauliflower was 74.61 mg (100 g)−1. Results revealed that ascorbic acid concentration decreased with an increase in blanching time but its retention was high in cauliflower dehydrated by solar drying. Dehydrated cauliflower had 581.37 mg (100 g)−1 of ascorbic acid in samples treated with 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of KMS with 3 min blanching at day zero. Washing cauliflower florets in tap water reduced the microbial load as compared with the unwashed sample. Processed and dehydrated cauliflower, packed in three types of packaging materials did not show presence of fungi even after storage for 6 months. In almost all samples, permissible levels of bacterial counts were observed after 6 months of storage. All the samples were also found to be free from Escherichia coli. It was found that blanched samples (blanching done for 7 min) treated with 0.5% KMS, dehydrated and then packed in laminated aluminium foil (LF) were the best in regard with nutritional and microbiological quality of dehydrated cauliflower.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fresh cauliflower contained 74.61 mg (100 g)−1 ascorbic acid.
- Taxon
- cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytise0 - Outcome
- Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)e0
- Value
- 74.61 mg (100 g)−1e0
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Verbatim
e0“Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) present in fresh cauliflower was 74.61 mg (100 g)−1”
Claim · model-written summary
As blanching time increased, ascorbic acid concentration fell.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytist0
- Treatment
- blanching timee0
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“ascorbic acid concentration decreased with an increase in blanching time”
t0“cauliflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar drying retained high ascorbic acid.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Treatment
- solar dryinge0
- Outcome
- retentione0
- Direction
- highe0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“its retention was high in cauliflower dehydrated by solar drying”
Claim · model-written summary
KMS-treated cauliflower after three-minute blanching had 581.37 mg (100 g)−1 ascorbic acid at day zero.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Treatment
- 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of KMS with 3 min blanchinge0
- Outcome
- ascorbic acide0
- Value
- 581.37 mg (100 g)−1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dehydrated cauliflower had 581.37 mg (100 g)−1 of ascorbic acid in samples treated with 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of KMS with 3 min blanching at day zero”
Claim · model-written summary
Tap-water washing reduced microbial load compared with unwashed florets.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Treatment
- Washing cauliflower florets in tap watere0
- Outcome
- microbial loade0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- unwashed samplee0
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Verbatim
e0“Washing cauliflower florets in tap water reduced the microbial load as compared with the unwashed sample”
Claim · model-written summary
Packaged dehydrated cauliflower had no fungi after six months.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Outcome
- did not show presence of fungie0
- Value
- 6 monthse0
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Verbatim
e0“Processed and dehydrated cauliflower, packed in three types of packaging materials did not show presence of fungi even after storage for 6 months”
Claim · model-written summary
Nearly all samples had permissible bacterial counts after six months.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytist0
- Outcome
- permissible levels of bacterial countse0
- Value
- 6 monthse0
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Verbatim
e0“In almost all samples, permissible levels of bacterial counts were observed after 6 months of storage”
t0“cauliflower”
Claim · model-written summary
All samples were free of E. coli.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytist0
- Outcome
- free from Escherichia colie0
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Verbatim
e0“All the samples were also found to be free from Escherichia coli”
t0“cauliflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Seven-minute blanching with 0.5% KMS and foil packaging gave the best nutritional and microbiological quality.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Treatment
- blanched samples (blanching done for 7 min) treated with 0.5% KMSe0
- Outcome
- nutritional and microbiological qualitye0
- Direction
- beste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“blanched samples (blanching done for 7 min) treated with 0.5% KMS, dehydrated and then packed in laminated aluminium foil (LF) were the best in regard with nutritional and microbiological quality of dehydrated cauliflower”
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