Minimal processing of juçara´s heart palm packed in brine acidified

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Paula Porrelli Moreira da
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Carmo, Leandro Francisco do, Silva, Guilherme Mei, Aoki, Paula Fernanda Souza, Spoto, Marta Helena Fillet
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Semina. Ciências Agrárias (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/5334
• topic: Euterpe edulis; Mata atlântica; Acidification.; Euterpe edulis; Mata atlântica; Acidificação.

The juçara’s palm (Euterpe edulis), native to the Atlantic Forest is one of the palms most exploited for the removal of heart palm and the tree was removed in large areas. The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of the methodology of "minimally processed" in juçara’s palm. The raw material was obtained by COOPERÁGUA, Sete Barras (SP) through a Sustainable Management Plan culminating in a permit issued by IBAMA, Forestry Foundation and DPRN. The process began with the withdrawal of external sheaths and cut, with subsequent immersion in a solution of sodium metabisulphite (Na2S2O5– 200 ppm), sanitize with a chlorine solution and soak in brine acidified to wait until the filling. The cuttings were placed in polyethylene bags containing acidified solution at concentrations A 0.225%, B 0.375%, C 0.6%, D 0.825% determined by titration curve. The staining became clearer in treatments C and D, due to more acidity, resulting in higher inactivation of enzymes. Even with these positive results, were concluded that minimal processing of juçara is not effective due to the blackout, preventing its commercialization. To stop it requires the bleaching step, which does not characterize it as minimally processed.