Research Article

Quality Evaluation and Functional Properties of Reduced Sugar Jellies Formulated from Citrus Fruits

Table 1

Juice yield, pH, total soluble solids (TSSs), titrable acidity (TA), and TSS/TA ratio of juices of blond maltese, blood orange, grapefruit, and bitter orange.

Citrus cultivarsQuality parameters
Juice yield (%)pHTSS (°Brix)TA (g L−1)TSS/TA ratio

Blond maltese45.92 ± 0.68c3.34 ± 0.02c12.66 ± 0.08d14.14 ± 0.08c8.95 ± 0.03c
Blood orange46.30 ± 0.44c3.47 ± 0.03d11.20 ± 0.20b8.67 ± 0.04a12.91 ± 0.18d
Grapefruit44.02 ± 0.56b3.02 ± 0.02b9.53 ± 0.05a11.83 ± 0.09b8.05 ± 0.02b
Bitter orange26.81 ± 0.44a2.67 ± 0.06a11.50 ± 0.01c45.6 ± 1.5d2.52 ± 0.03a

Means followed by a different letter in the same column are significantly different ().