Jaboticaba is a Brazilian fruit, native to the Atlantic forest, which belongs to the Myrtaceae family. In this work we describe the effect of the thinning of "flower", "fruit" and "flower & fruit" compared to non-thinned fruit (control) and of edible coatings with respect on nutritional composition, overall acceptability and shelf-life of jaboticaba ‘Sabara’, grown in an irrigated commercial orchard. "Flower and fruit" thinning allows fruit with higher quality as diameter, volume and mass. Non-thinned fruit shows higher yield, however fruit have lower quality. As a result of the improving quality at harvest, the shelf life was twice (~8 days) for thinned fruit. The lack of change in concentration of soluble sugar and absence of formation of volatile compounds during storage indicate that there was no natural fermentation of the jaboticaba pulp after harvest. Treatments with wax and calcium did not improve the jaboticaba shelf life.

A mistura de trigo e soja representa uma importante fonte calórico-protéica com proteínas de boa qualidade. Apesar disso, a utilização da soja como ingrediente tem sido limitada pelo seu sabor de feijão cru (beany flavor), o qual é melhorado pelo processo de extrusão. Foram estudados os efeitos de umidade da mistura, Temperatura de Barril (TB) e Velocidade de Rotação de Parafuso (VRP, Nº 5) do extrusor no Índice de Expansão (IE), no Índice de Solubilidade em Água (ISA) e nas características sensoriais de pellets produzidos com mistura de trigo e soja (90:10), objetivando a otimização deste processo para a obtenção de pellets fritos com melhores qualidades sensoriais. A farinha mista crua foi extrusada em 2 umidades (32 e 35%), 4 TB (60 a 90 °C) e 4 VRP (60 a 150 rpm), totalizando 32 tratamentos. O pellet frito, preparado com a farinha mista com 32% de umidade e extrusada em 60 rpm a 80 °C, apresentou o maior IE e as melhores qualidades sensoriais (aparência, sabor e textura), sendo preferido pela equipe de provadores não treinados, tanto com sabor de bacon como com sabor de queijo.

The mixture of wheat with soybean represents an important calorie-protein source with good protein quality. In spite of this, the use of soybeans as an ingredient has been limited by their beany flavor, which is improved by the extrusion process. Effects of mixture moisture, Barrel Temperature (BT) and Screw-Speed (SS, Nº 5) on Expansion Index (EI), Water Solubility Index (WSI) and sensory characteristics of pellets produced with a wheat-soybean (90:10) mixture were studied, in order to optimize this process for obtaining fried pellets with better sensory qualities. Raw mixed flour was extruded at two moisture contents (32 and 35%), four BT (60 to 90 °C) and four SS (60 to 150 rpm), totalizing 32 treatments. The fried pellets, prepared with the mixed flour with 32% moisture and extruded at 60 rpm and 80 °C, presented the greatest EI and the best sensory qualities (appearance, flavor and texture), being the most preferred by the untrained consumer-type panelists, both with bacon flavor, as with cheese flavor.

Com o objetivo de obter uma farinha pré-cozida de trigo e soja (90:10) com boas características tecnológicas para uso em croquete de carne, foram estudados efeitos de parâmetros da extrusão na capacidade emulsificante (CE) e na estabilidade de emulsão (EE) das farinhas obtidas, e nas características sensoriais do produto elaborado. A mistura foi extrusada em diferentes umidades (23, 26 e 29%), temperaturas de barril (TB: 100, 110, 120 e 130 °C) e velocidades de rotação de parafuso (VRP: nº 4; 120, 150, 180 e 210 rpm). Os resultados indicam que o aumento de VRP e TB aumentou CE e EE até certo ponto, que, ao ser ultrapassado, as fez diminuir. O croquete de carne elaborado com farinha mista com 26% de umidade e extrusada em 150 rpm a 130 °C mostrou melhores sabor e textura, sendo o preferido pela equipe massal de provadores não treinados ao compará-lo com aqueles da farinha de trigo crua e da farinha mista crua. As características sensoriais dos croquetes estudados foram relacionadas com CE e EE das farinhas usadas, sendo que a EE mostrou um efeito mais acentuado do que a CE.

To obtain precooked wheat-soybean flour (90:10 ratio) with good technological characteristics for use in beef croquettes, a study was made of the effects of extrusion parameters on the product’s emulsifying capacity (EC), emulsion stability (ES), and sensory characteristics. The mixture was extruded with different moisture contents (23, 26 and 29%), barrel temperatures (BT) (100, 110, 120 and 130 °C) and rotation screw speeds (SS) (Nº 4; 120, 150, 180 and 210 rpm). The results indicate that the increase of SS and BT increased the EC and ES up to certain point, after which the EC and ES declined. Beef croquettes made of the mixed flour containing 26% of moisture and extruded at 150 rpm and 130 °C showed the best sensory characteristics (flavor and texture), and were preferred by the untrained tasters when compared with croquettes made of raw wheat flour and raw mixed flour. The sensory characteristics of the croquettes were related to the EC and ES of the flours, with ES showing a stronger effect than EC.