Water of coconut: Nutritional and functional properties and processing/ <br> Água-de-coco: Propriedades nutricionais, funcionais e processamento

This review presents the important aspects of the coconut water, such as its chemical composition, nutritional value and functional properties, which allied to its sweetened taste, turned it into a much appreciated beverage, favoring the increase of its consumption. It also reports the types of comm...

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Main Authors: Geraldo Arraes Maia Junior, Paulo Henrique Machado de Sousa, Geraldo Arraes Maia, Joelia Marques de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2006-06-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/2472
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Summary:This review presents the important aspects of the coconut water, such as its chemical composition, nutritional value and functional properties, which allied to its sweetened taste, turned it into a much appreciated beverage, favoring the increase of its consumption. It also reports the types of commercialization of the coconut water and the related aspects of the industrialization of the coconut water, balancing the offer of green coconut along the year. The important factors during the industrialization of the coconut water were emphasized and the researches that have been accomplished for the extension of its shelf life, obtaining products that maintain as much as possible its original sensorial characteristics.<p><p>Esta revisão apresenta os aspectos relevantes da àgua-de-coco, como os relacionados com sua composição química, valor nutritivo e propriedades funcionais, que aliadas a seu sabor adocicado, tornaram-na uma bebida muito apreciada, favorecendo o aumento do seu consumo. Também aborda as formas de comercialização da água-de-coco destacando-se os aspectos relacionados à industrialização que equilibram a oferta do produto ao longo do ano. Os fatores importantes durante o processamento da água-de-coco foram enfatizados e as pesquisas que vêm sendo realizadas para extensão de sua vida de prateleira e obtenção de produtos que mantenham o máximo possível suas características sensoriais originais.
ISSN:1676-546X
1679-0359