Summary
Pomegranate juices (PJs) were clarified using hydrocolloids [albumin (A), casein (C), chitosan (CH) and xanthan gum (XG)] and in combination with each other. The lowest turbidity was observed in PJs clarified with ‘CH+XG’ and ‘A+C+CH’. Unlike ‘CH+XG’, effects of albumin and its combinations on clarity were mainly related with the contents of ellagic acid (r = −0.861), α‐punicalagin (r = −0.761), rutin (r = −0.734), β‐punicalagin (r = −0.730) and total punicalagin (r = −0.713). ‘CH+XG’ caused the highest phenolic (602 mg L−1) and anthocyanin (449 mg L−1) contents, and the second highest Amax (0.811 ABS), resulting from copigmentation of delphinidin‐3‐glucoside and delphinidin‐3,5‐diglucoside with CH. Since A showed moderate copigmentation effect, A had lower hyperchromic effect than CH. Moreover, C reduced Amax, anthocyanin content and colour density when combined with other hydrocolloids. As a result, ‘CH+XG’ would be the best combination to obtain high clarity, maintain phenolics and anthocyanins and provide high copigmentation effect in PJ.
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