Armazenamento de pitanga em pó.

The type of drying and packaging are two essential factors in the study of dehydration and preservation of fruits, respectively. The objective was study the storage of surinam cherry powder produced by foam mat drying and packaged in flexible packing (PET/PP). The powder samples were obtained by pulp dehydration in an oven with circulating air (0.5 m s-1) in the temperature of 70 &#8451. The surinam cherry powder was wrapped in flexible packing and stored at room temperature and relative humidity for 60 days. During the storage was evaluated the stability of powder through the monitoring every 10 days the moisture content, ascorbic acid, pH, titratable acidity, reducing sugars, non reducing sugars, total sugars and color parameters (brightness, redness and yellowness). Only the non-reducing sugars did not differ significantly with the storage time. The results indicated that the powder has changed in most of the properties, but the ascorbic acid content, moisture content, total acidity and total sugars varied little over the 60 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]