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Effect of sodium metabisulfite on storage of sugar beet roots

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Sugar industry and environmental concerns

Abstract

Sugar beet roots are becoming a growing source of sugar production. It provides about 40% of world sugar production. In most beet-growing areas, harvest periods are short, and storage is necessary. Deterioration of sugar beet roots leads to an increase in reducing sugar percentage and polysaccharide levels causing a decrease in sucrose content this results in a decline in physical and technological characteristics. This work was carried out in Delta Sugar Company, Kafr Elsheikh governorate, Egypt during the 2022/2023 harvest season. To reduce the deterioration of sugar beet roots after harvesting and before processing. Roots were divided into seven groups. The first one was (a control sample) and the other six groups were treated with different concentrations of sodium metabisulfite (Na2S2O5) from 100 to 600 mg/L (wet weight) for four days in the open air. During this work, we revealed that by adding a concentration of 500 mg/L of sodium metabisulfite we obtained high sucrose content, beet quality, sugar recovery, and pH and we revealed that by addition of 500 mg/L of sodium metabisulfite, we obtained the lowest difference between apparent sugar and true sucrose, the lowest amount of Na, K, and α-amino-N, the lowest percentage of sucrose loss and amount of raffinose content. At 600 mg/L of sodium metabisulfite, it will cause deterioration again because it is an acidic material that leads to increased sucrose inversion again. So, this research aims to preserve the quality of beet and prevent its deterioration by using sodium metabisulfite. 

DOI

10.21608/esugj.2024.288642.1063

Keywords

Beet roots, technological characteristics, Storage periods, Sodium metabisulfite, Polysaccharide

Authors

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Abd El-Hameed

MiddleName

Mohsen

Affiliation

Science and Technology of the Sugar Industry Department, of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Sugar and Integrated Industries Technology, Assiut University, 71526 Assiut, Egypt

Email

islam.mohsen@aun.edu.eg

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First Name

Sayed

Last Name

Gomaa

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Delta Sugar Company, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt

Email

elsayed_delta@yahoo.com

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First Name

Reda

Last Name

Gomaa

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

Email

reda.gomaa@agr.aswu.edu.eg

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First Name

Samy

Last Name

Elsyiad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71526 Assiut, Egypt

Email

elsyiad@aun.edu.eg

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Volume

22

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0

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47728

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-05-10

Publish Date

2024-06-23

Page Start

34

Page End

47

Print ISSN

2636-2694

Online ISSN

2636-283X

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2,178

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Egyptian Sugar Journal

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https://esugj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of sodium metabisulfite on storage of sugar beet roots

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28 Dec 2024