Clarification of banana juice by membrane-based process

Woo, Pei Yee (2018) Clarification of banana juice by membrane-based process. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Banana is well-known as one of the world's most popular fruits due to its delicious taste and nutritional contents. The processing of banana, as fresh juice, can offer benefits to human health by utilizing its functional properties. This can be done using a pressure-driven membrane processes to enhance of the quality of this natural juice by preserving its nutritional and biological properties. Prior to the membrane-based process, it is often begins with enzymatic treatment to facilitate the filtration process. Thus, this study explored the effects of pre-treatment with different concentrations of pectinasc enzyme on the attribution of banana juice. Moreover, this study also evaluated the effects of trans-membrane pressure on the permeate flux performance and quality attributes of the filtered banana juice. It was found that the enzymatic pre-treatment of banana juice has profound influence on the permeate flux and membrane fouling. The enzyme hydrolysis of the banana juice resulted in higher flux. The study discovered that the most effective concentration of enzyme was 0.1%. The enzymatic treated banana juice was later undergone the ultrafiltration process in which the physical and chemical properties analyses was done on the pH, total soluble solids, turbidity, clarity, color and total phenolic content. The integrated membrane process in this study had facilitated the production of clarified banana juice with high quality in terms of turbidity, clarity and color. The enhancement on color properties was observed in which the membrane process was successfully in producing a very clear and translucent juice.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Ms Siti Mariam Giman
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2023 07:59
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2023 07:59
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1593

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