Inactivation kinetics of pectin methyl esterase under combined thermal-high pressure treatment in an orange juice-milk beverage

F. Sampedro, D. Rodrigo, M. Hendrickx

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Abstract

The inactivation kinetics of PME in an orange juice-milk beverage system treated by thermal (65-80 °C) and combined thermal (25-65 °C)-high pressure (0.1-700 MPa) processes were fitted using a biphasic model. About 6-8% of the initial activity corresponding to the heat and pressure stable fraction was observed. For complete inactivation a treatment at 90 °C, 1 min or 700 MPa at 55 °C for 2 min was necessary showing the protective effect of the orange-milk media. The extent of inactivation was different in the orange matrices showing that PME was more thermostable in the orange juice-milk based beverage system as compared to the purified enzyme in a buffer system. On the other hand, the purified enzyme in a buffer system showed the highest pressure stability. Parameters such as pH (from acid in the orange juice matrices to basic in the buffer), matrix composition (from less to more complex) and purification level of the enzyme (purified in the buffer or nature in the orange juice) play an important role in the stability of the PME against the different processing technologies studied.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)133-139
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Food Engineering
Volume86
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Research Council, KULeuven. The author is grateful to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science for providing a pre-doctoral grant to the author.

Keywords

  • High pressure
  • Inactivation
  • Milk
  • Orange juice
  • Pectin methyl esterase
  • Thermal

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