Avaliação da retenção de nutrientes, aspectos sensoriais e microbiológicos de batata-doce (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) submetida a diferentes métodos de cocção

• Autor(a) principal: Velho, Liana Cleide Flor de Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/19326
• topic: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam; Métodos de cocção; Componentes funcionais; Avaliação sensorial

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a tuberous root plant that belongs to the Convolvulaceae family. It is one of the most important economic crops in many tropical and subtropical countries and it is the fourth most consumed vegetable in Brazil. Due to its nutritional composition, sweet potato is considered one of the healthiest foods on the planet. The sweet potato is high in energy, vitamins C and B complex, minerals, and also has phytochemical components that are beneficial to one´s health. In order to be consumed, the sweet potato must be subjected to heat for starch gelatinization to occur. However, the cooking methods cause chemical and physical changes that can modify their nutritional value. The objective of this study is to evaluate the retention of nutrients in sweet potatoes subjected to conventional cooking methods (boiling, steam, conventional oven and pressure cooker) and contemporary cooking methods (microwave and combination oven), and to evaluate the sensory acceptance and microbiological characteristics of each method. The chemical, physical-chemical, coloring, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, total polyphenols, and antioxidant activity determinations were conducted in triplicate through ABTS and FRAP assays, as well as sensory and microbiological analysis. The results were submitted to (ANOVA) variance analysis at 5% probability through the F-test and when the results were significant, they were submitted to the Tukey’s range test. The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) and principal component analysis (PCA) were also performed in order to correlate the results. A significant effect was found at (p ≤ 0.05) for all the treatments in the study in relation to all chemical and physico-chemical parameters of raw and cooked sweet potato samples. The sweet potato pH values showed a slight increase after processing, except for the combination oven method. The color of the cooked samples was less bright (L*), less green (negative a*) and less yellow (positive b*) than the raw sample. There was a reduction in ascorbic acid content in all the cooking methods, with less loss in samples submitted to cooking with the boiling method and in the combination oven method, which showed 9,77 ± 0,01 mg of ascorbic acid/100g in the fresh sample. Carotenoids were only detected in the boiling, oven, and microwave methods, however there was no significant difference between their means. The total polyphenol increased in all cooking methods, showing variation from 116.88 (steam) to 149.47 (oven) mg GA/100g FW (mg gallic acid/100 g fresh weight). The antioxidant activity through ABTS and FRAP assays increased in all cooking methods compared to the raw sample. Significantly high positive correlation was found between total phenolics and both the ABTS and FRAP methods, in that the cooked samples in the oven showed the highest elevation. The sensory analysis showed no significant difference between the (p > 0,05) methods for the mean test. In the CATA test, the “sweet potato flavor”, “cooked”, and “soft” characteristics were the most indicated by food tasters to characterize the samples of sweet potatoes cooked in different methods. The sample cooked in the steam method was the one that is closest to an ideal sample of the sweet potato, because it had “soft”, “homogeneous” and “baked smell” features that are required for an ideal product, according to the food tasters.