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Abstract

Drying of Grape Pomace by Conventional and Intermittent Processes: Mathematical Modeling and Effect on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity †

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Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
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Câmpus Apucarana, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Paraná 86812-460, Brazil
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Presented at the 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods, 10–25 November 2020; Available online: https://foods_2020.sciforum.net/.
Proceedings 2021, 70(1), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods_2020-08010
Published: 12 November 2020

Abstract

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During wine production, a large amount of waste (grape pomace) is generated, corresponding to about 31.7 kg per 100 L produced. This material is considered a rich source of bioactive compounds and therefore is of interest to several industries. However, grape pomace is susceptible to microbial degradation due to its high moisture content; thus, drying is frequently considered to be an essential process for grape pomace conservation and stabilization. Drying allows for a better conservation, easier storage due to the lower volume and improves product stability. However, drying conditions such as temperature and time may affect grape pomace bioactive potential. As drying requires a high energy consumption, an alternative for reducing the energy costs is the use of intermittent operation—i.e., operating with transient inputs of air conditions, such as the supply temperature. Intermittent drying, in addition to promoting lower energy consumption, also enables less damage to heat-sensitive materials. Thus, in the present work modeling of the drying process of grape skins from red wine grape pomace was performed at temperatures of 40, 55 and 70 °C, for drying in both the conventional and in the intermittent modes with tempering periods of 5 and 10 min. Moreover, total phenolic compounds, total flavonoids and antioxidant activity (DPPH and reducing power assays) were determined by spectrophotometric methods before and after the drying process at the proposed conditions. Modeling results for conventional operation showed that, among the eight models tested for the conventional drying, the one that best suited the experimental data was the approximation of diffusion model. For the intermittent drying operation, equations were deduced based on mass and energy balance that led to a fit with a maximum global deviation of 10% in comparison to experimental data. After extracting the same amount of sample (fresh and after different drying processes) with hydroethanolic solution (80%, v/v), results expressed in dry basis of grape pomace samples showed that conventional drying had the highest impact on lowering the content of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity. Among the drying conditions assayed, the one that allowed the highest amounts of bioactive compounds to be maintained was the 5 min tempering period performed at 40 °C, corresponding to losses of 20.6% and 14.5% for total phenolic compounds and total flavonoids, respectively, when compared to the grape pomace sample before drying (162 mg gallic acid equivalents/g pomace, dry weight and 82 mg catechin equivalents/g pomace, d.w.). The present work showed that intermittent drying can provide grape pomace samples with higher contents of bioactive compounds and higher antioxidant activity when compared to conventional drying performed at the same temperature. Moreover, it provided information regarding the application of mathematical modeling to grape pomace drying, showing that these models can be applied to drying optimization studies.

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Acknowledgments

FCT (Portugal) for financial support through national funds FCT/MCTES to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020), and the contract of L. Barros through the institutional scientific employment program-contract. Cooperativa de Silgueiros, Portugal, for supplying the grape pomace sample.
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Borges, B.; Defendi, R.; Barros, L.; Amaral, J.S. Drying of Grape Pomace by Conventional and Intermittent Processes: Mathematical Modeling and Effect on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity. Proceedings 2021, 70, 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods_2020-08010

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Borges B, Defendi R, Barros L, Amaral JS. Drying of Grape Pomace by Conventional and Intermittent Processes: Mathematical Modeling and Effect on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity. Proceedings. 2021; 70(1):96. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods_2020-08010

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Borges, Barbara, Rafael Defendi, Lillian Barros, and Joana S. Amaral. 2021. "Drying of Grape Pomace by Conventional and Intermittent Processes: Mathematical Modeling and Effect on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity" Proceedings 70, no. 1: 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods_2020-08010

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