Variation of Copper, Iron, and Zinc Levels in Pekmez Products

The Therapeutic Potential of Pomegranate and Its Products for Prevention of Cancer

“…'Pekmez', a concentrated and shelf-life extended Turkish product, is generally produced from fruits containing high amounts of sugar such as grape, mulberry, carnob, apple, pomegranate, plum and apricot (Alparslan & Hayta, 2002;Demirozu et al, 2002). The first steps in pomegranate pekmez production is washing, granulating and crushing of the pomegranates.…”

Effect of temperature on rheological characteristics of molasses: Modeling of apparent viscosity using Adaptive Neuro – Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS)

“…It is a useful and important energy source as it contains not only high amount of sugars but also certain minerals and organic acids. It is known that molasses easily passes into the blood stream without digestion because most of its carbohydrate content is in the monosaccharide form such as glucose and fructose Demirözü, Sökmen, Uçak, Yılmaz, & Gulderen, 2002;Sengül, Ertugay, & Sengül, 2005;Üstün & Tosun, 1997). In general, molasses is produced from raw materials including grape, mulberry, fig, juniper, watermelon, apple, plum, carob, sugar beet and sugarcane.…”

Determination of rheological properties of some pekmez samples in Turkey

“…For this reason it can be assumed as a natural food containing natural sugars such as glucose, galactose and minerals. Since pekmez contains high amounts of sugar, mineral and organic acid, it is a very important food product in human nutrition (Demirö zü, Sö kmen, Uçak, Yılmaz, & Gü lderen, 2002;Ü stü n & Tosun, 1997).…”