Análisis fisicoquímico para determinar parámetros de inocuidad y aceptabilidad en jugos de fruta

Abstract

Ecuador is rich in raw materials, with a great variety of fruits in our territory, which are the main resource for the food and beverage manufacturing industry, which has encouraged a part of the producers of many cantons of the country to develop large ventures, giving added value to their crops through processing, but are limited to an expansion of their market due to ignorance of the requirements that a product must meet to be considered suitable for consumption, so they are stuck in future expansion of your market. The purpose of this research was the study of physicochemical analysis to determine parameters of safety and acceptability in fruit juices, based on the foundations of the NTE INEN 2337: 2008, which provides us with the necessary guidelines to qualify a product as safe for your consumption. The results of the analysis of soluble solids and pH were discussed under the inen 2337: 2008 regulation and the titratable acidity based on the Colombian technical standard NTC 3929-2013 and the Mexican technical standard NTC 3929; where the values obtained were for soluble solids of 9.9 ± 0.1, pH 3.57 ± 0.006 and with respect to titratable acidity of 0.85 ± 0.006, which indicates that the orange juice complies with the physicochemical parameters indicated by the regulations for this kind of product.