Pretreated carrot discs were thermally processed (90 °C to 110 °C) in closed containers and the resulting textural characteristics were analyzed. The pretreatment conditions used include conventional hightemperature blanching (90 °C, 4 min), low-temperature blanching (LTB = 60 °C, 40 min), LTB combined with 0.5% calcium chloride soaking, LTB combined with 2% sodium chloride soaking, high pressure pretreatment (HP = 400 MPa, 60 °C, 15 min), HP combined with 0.5% calcium chloride soaking, and control (non-pretreated sample). Alcohol insoluble residues (AIR) from the pretreated carrot discs were characterized in terms of degree of methoxylation (DM). The AIR samples were further subjected to fractionation into water-soluble pectin (WSP), chelator-soluble pectin (CSP), and sodium carbonate-soluble pectin (NSP). Heat depolymerization patterns and -elimination kinetics were investigated on the different pectin fractions. Thermal texture degradation was strongly influenced by the pretreatment condition used and the processing temperature during subsequent thermal treatment. Pretreatment conditions that showed a significant reduction in DM exhibited decreased WSP content, reduced -elimination, and consequently superior textural characteristics. -elimination was markedly pronounced in the highly methoxylated WSP fractions. CSP and NSP fractions were insensitive to -elimination. A strong correlation (r > 0.95) between thermal texture loss of carrots and -elimination kinetics exists. Overall, the benefits of controlled pectinmethylesterase activity in carrot processing were pointed out.
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