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Enhancing the lycopene in vitro bioaccessibility of tomato juice synergistically applying thermal and non-thermal processing technologies

Jayathunge, K.G.L.R.; Stratakos, Alexandros Ch.; Cregenz�n-Albertia, Oliver; Grant, Irene R.; Lyng, James; Koidis, Anastasios

Authors

K.G.L.R. Jayathunge

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Alexandros Stratakos Alexandros.Stratakos@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Sustainable Agri-Food Production

Oliver Cregenz�n-Albertia

Irene R. Grant

James Lyng

Anastasios Koidis



Abstract

The influence of moderate intensity pulsed electric field pre-processing on increasing the lycopene bioaccessibility of tomato fruit, and the combined effect of blanching, ultrasonic and high intensity pulsed electric field processing on further enhancement of the lycopene bioaccessibility after juicing were investigated. Maximum total lycopene bioaccessibility (9.6%) of the tomato fruit was achieved by a 4 μs pre-processed treatment after 24 h holding period and further processing results revealed that all treatments were effective to increase the total lycopene. Most of juice processing treatments decreased the release of lycopene from the tomato matrix during digestion. Only the treatment of blanching followed by high intensity pulsed electric field showed a significant release of trans-(4.01 ± 0.48) and cis-(5.04 ± 0.26 μg/g) lycopene, achieving 15.6% total lycopene bioaccessibility. Thus, processing of pre-blanched juice using high intensity pulsed electric field, derived from pre-processed tomato was the best overall process to achieve the highest nutritive value.

Citation

Jayathunge, K., Stratakos, A. C., Cregenzán-Albertia, O., Grant, I. R., Lyng, J., & Koidis, A. (2017). Enhancing the lycopene in vitro bioaccessibility of tomato juice synergistically applying thermal and non-thermal processing technologies. Food Chemistry, 221, 698-705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.117

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 22, 2016
Online Publication Date Nov 23, 2016
Publication Date Apr 15, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 26, 2021
Journal Food Chemistry
Print ISSN 0308-8146
Electronic ISSN 1873-7072
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 221
Pages 698-705
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.117
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7450543
Additional Information This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Enhancing the lycopene in vitro bioaccessibility of tomato juice synergistically applying thermal and non-thermal processing technologies; Journal Title: Food Chemistry; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.117; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.