Strawberry-flavored (S04) and chocolate-flavored (C04 and C20) peanut beverages UHT-sterilized (137 ЊC, 4 sec or 20 sec) and aseptically filled in Tetra Briks were stored for 6 mo at 5, 20 and 35 ЊC. Sensory characteristics and kinetics of physicochemical changes were studied. The changes were of zero (pH of S04, and sedimentation and homogenization indices of all beverages) and first (pH of C04 and C20, viscosity and color lightness of all beverages) order. Reaction rate constant and Gibb's free energy increased with temperature. Activation energy followed Arrhenius equation. Deterioration in beverage sensory qualities highly correlated with increase in sedimentation index and decrease in pH and emulsion stability. Shelf-life prediction models were constructed based on sensory and kinetics data. The shelf-life was estimated to be 4-7 mo for beverages stored at 30-35ЊC.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.