Innovative processing technologies to develop a new segment of functional citrus-based beverages: current and future trends

Ana A. Vilas-Boas, Daniela Magalhães, Débora A. Campos, Sebastiano Porretta, Giovanna Dellapina, Giovanna Poli, Yildiray Istanbullu, Sema Demir, Ángel Martínez San Martín, Presentación García-Gómez, Reda S. Mohammed, Faten M. Ibrahim, El Sayed El Habbasha, Manuela Pintado*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The food industries are interested in developing functional products due to their popularity within nutritional and healthy circles. Functional fruit-based beverages represent one of the fast-growing markets due to the high concentrations of bioactive compounds (BCs), which can be health promoters. Hence, functional beverages based on citrus fruits are a potential way to take advantage of their nutritional and bioactive properties that could attract the interest of consumers. In order to ensure microbial and quality stability, the beverages are subjected to preservation treatment; however, the application of high temperatures leads to the loss of thermolabile BCs. Nowadays, innovative processing technologies (IPT) such as pulsed electric field (PEF), high-pressure processing (HPP), ultrasound processing (US), ohmic heating (OH), and microwave (MW) are a promising alternative due to their efficiency and low impact on juice BCs. The available literature concerning the effects of these technologies in functional fruit-based beverages is scarce; thus, this review gathers the most relevant information about the main positive and negative aspects of the IPT in functional properties, safety, and consumer acceptance of functional citrus-based beverages, as well as the use of citrus by-products to promote the circular economy in citrus processing.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3859
Number of pages28
JournalFoods
Volume11
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022

Keywords

  • By-products
  • Circular economy
  • Citrus
  • Food processing
  • Functional beverages

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