TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE POWDER MADE FROM JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE OBTAINED BY THE METHOD OF DRYING WITH MIXED HEAT SUPPLY

Abstract

Present work addresses technological properties of powder made from Jerusalem artichoke, formed by the method of drying with mixed supply of heat, compared to traditional convection. It is shown that polysaccharides in the composition of Jerusalem artichoke of MHS-drying undergo less crystallization and hence drying is carried out under milder conditions than these components during convection method. We established capacity for the dispersing of dried Jerusalem artichoke in a traditional ball mill depending on the duration, which makes it possible to obtain dried products for various technological purposes. We demonstrated a capacity to swell in the resulting powder made from Jerusalem artichoke, which predetermines the formation of advanced capillary-porous structure. Results of the tensometric method of studies revealed that the formed structure of powder made from Jerusalem artichoke of MHS-drying is characterized by small pores at temperature 50 °С and by 1.2...1.5 times larger – at 70 °С, which must be considered when they are rehydrated. We examined a complex of basic functional-technological properties of powder made from Jerusalem artichoke: coefficient of water absorption (CW), water-retaining (WRC), fat-retaining (FRC) and emulsifying capacities (EC). During mathematical processing of the results received, we obtained a conceptual model that describes a dependence of the comprehensive indicator of technological properties of powder made from Jerusalem artichoke (by the defined weight coefficients: for CW – 0.2; WRC – 0.2; FRC – 0.3; EC – 0.2) depending on the temperature of MHS-drying and dispersibility.