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Beans are popular as a protein-filled legume of high nutritional value, being one of the most planted species in the world. However, recent years have seen a decrease in the consumption of beans, owing to the time necessary to cook it domestically. Thus, it is being replaced in people’s diets by other foods. An alternative preparation that supplies modern consumers’ demands is industrially processed beans. This article aimed to provide a literature review on the processing of canned beans. Few recent studies have been performed in Brazil on this subject, as most studies have focused instead on the technological quality of dry bean grains processing. In this article industrial processing concepts and features, production unit operations, and canned beans quality standards will be discussed. These efforts are expected to contribute to the Brazilian beans production chain, and consequently to increase consumption of canned beans and the demand for industrial processing of beans in both the domestic market and future product exports.

As well as most agricultural products, some medicinal plants need to go through a drying process to ensure quality maintenance, however each product behaves differently. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the drying kinetics of spiked pepper (Piper aduncum L.) leaves and determine their thermodynamic properties at different drying temperatures in laboratory scale. Leaves with initial moisture content of 78% w.b. (wet basis) were subjected to drying at temperatures of 40, 50, 60 and 70 ºC and air speed of 0.85 m s-1 in an experimental fixed bed dryer. The drying kinetics of the leaves was described by statistical fitting of mathematical models and determination of effective diffusion coefficient and activation energy. Enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy were also evaluated for all drying conditions. It was concluded that, among the models evaluated, only Midilli and Valcam can be used to represent the drying of Piper aduncum leaves; the first for the two highest temperatures (60 and 70 ºC) and the second for 40 and 50 ºC. The activation energy was approximately 55.64 kJ mol-1, and the effective diffusion coefficient increase with the elevation of temperature. The same occurs with the values of Gibbs free energy, whereas the specific enthalpy and entropy decrease.

Soybean oil has many important components, but for its maintenance it is essential that there is an appropriate storage, temperature, relative humidity and optimum grain moisture content, because the oxidation reactions occur by improper storage, causing product deterioration. The objective of this study was to evaluate the main changes in the quality of soybean crude oil, from grain storage in temperature of 30°C and different relative humidity (59.6%, 67.0% and 76.0%). Soybean grains were packaged in plastic recipients, where saturated salt solutions were added so the grains reached the desired moisture. The analyses of moisture content, lipid, acidity index, color, antioxidant capacity, specific extension by absorption in the ultraviolet region were realized during storage for 180 days, because they indicate the degree of oil oxidation. A completely randomized design was conducted, and analysis of variance and Tukey test were performed. The storage time caused changes in physical-chemical properties of the grains, indicating that the oil was degraded over time.

RESUMO: O feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) é um produto de grande importância na alimentação humana devido as suas excelentes propriedades nutricionais, sendo uma das mais tradicionais fontes de proteína consumida. No entanto, se os processos pós-colheita aplicados a esta cultura forem realizados de forma inadequada podem comprometer essas propriedades. Objetivou-se com o presente trabalho descrever o comportamento da secagem dos grãos de feijão cultivar IPR Tangará, por meio do ajuste de diferentes modelos matemáticos aos dados experimentais de secagem, determinar as propriedades termodinâmicas, bem como o coeficiente de difusão efetivo e a energia de ativação do processo. Os grãos de feijão foram coletados com teor de água inicial de aproximadamente 30% (b.u., base úmida), e submetidos à secagem nas temperaturas de 40, 45, 50, 55 e 60 ºC, em condições controladas. Aos valores de razão de umidade dos grãos de feijão foram ajustados nove modelos matemáticos, utilizados para a representação do fenômeno de secagem de diversos produtos agrícolas. Conclui-se que apenas os modelos de Page, Midilli, Dois Termos, Logarítmico, Thompson, Aproximação da Difusão e Valcam são adequados para a representação da secagem dos grãos de feijão cultivar IPR Tangará; o coeficiente de difusão efetivo aumenta com a elevação da temperatura do ar de secagem; os valores de entalpia e entropia específica são inversamente proporcionais à temperatura do ar de secagem, enquanto que a energia livre de Gibbs aumenta com a elevação da temperatura do ar. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Modelos matemáticos, propriedades termodinâmicas, coeficiente de difusão efetivo. DRYING KINETICS OF BEANS GRAINS ( IPR TANGARÁ CULTIVAR)ABSTRACT: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a product of great importance in human diet due to its excellent nutritional properties, being one of the most traditional consumed sources of protein. However, if the post-harvest processes applied to this crop are inadequately performed it may compromise these properties. In view of this crop importance and the consequences of poorly conducted postharvest processes, the objective of this study was to describe the behavior of bens from cultivar IPR Tangará drying. Thus, different mathematical models were adjust to experimental drying data as the thermodynamic properties, effective diffusion coefficient, and process activation energy were determine. The beans were collected with an initial water content of approximately 30% (w.b., wet basis), and subjected to drying temperatures of 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 ºC, under controlled conditions. The moisture ratio values of bean grains were adjusted by nine mathematical models that are used to represent others agricultural products drying phenomenon. ThePage, Midilli, Two Terms, Logarithmic, Thompson, Diffusion Approximation, and Valcam models are suitable to represent the drying process of bean cultivar IPR Tangará. The effective diffusion coefficient increases with increasing drying air temperature. KEYWORDS:Mathematical models, thermodynamic properties, effective d...

Buckwheat is a prominent crop in present-day agriculture due to its nutraceutical properties; however, information on this crop regarding the post-harvest process is scarce, as well as the characterization of its physical properties and such information is essential for the development and improvement of machinery used in post-harvest processes. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the volumetric shrinkage, porosity, bulk density and true density of buckwheat grains throughout the drying process, as well as to fit mathematical models to the experimental values of true and bulk volumetric shrinkages. Buckwheat grains of the cultivar IPR 91 - Baili with an initial moisture content of 0.250 (decimal, dry basis.) were used. The samples used to determine the physical properties were subjected to oven drying with forced air circulation stabilized at 40 ± 1 °C. The mass of the samples was periodically weighed, so that when the product reached predetermined values of moisture content, the samples were removed and their physical properties were determined. It is concluded that the reduction in moisture content during drying causes increase in bulk density, true density and porosity. The reduction of the moisture content influences bulk volumetric shrinkage and true volumetric shrinkage of the grains, causing reductions in their values of approximately 14.47 and 14.70%, respectively, and a linear model can represent both variables satisfactorily.

Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a traditional food in the diet of Brazilians, due to its low fat content and it is rich in vitamins, protein, fiber, carbohydrates and minerals. One of the major problems related to this product is storage without temperature and humidity control, causing quality reduction of this legume. This study aimed to evaluate the effects suffered by cooking time parameters, seed coat color, phytate and minerals (P, Ca, Mg and Mn) content during storage. The grain varieties: BRS Madrepérola, BRS Estilo, BRS Pontal and CNFC 10467, from the pinto group, were stored in hermetic acrylic containers with humidity and temperature controlled for a period of 108 days. All varieties had better results of the parameters studied when they were stored under the condition of 15°C and 45% of RH. The grain stored in the condition of 27°C and 75% of humidity for 108 days showed Hard-to-cook characteristic effect. All minerals studied showed a strong correlation with the cooking time. CNFC 10467 and Madrepérola varieties are more similar, as the parameters examined.