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HYPOGLUCIDIC CONCENTRATED PRODUCTS FROM JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE TUBERS AND APPLES WITH ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLES WITH DIABETES

Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Luminiţa CATANĂ, Monica CATANĂ, Enuța IORGA, Anda-Grațiela LAZĂR, Monica-Alexandra LAZĂR, Răzvan Ionuț TEODORESCU, Adrian Constantin ASĂNICĂ, Alina CULEȚU, Nastasia BELC

For diabetics, diet is a major therapeutic tool and a special nutrition form, in which food is adapted to metabolic disorders of disease. Achievement of the dietetic products to preserve the sweet taste but without altering the glycemic balance of patients with diabetes is an important objective both for the attention of the specialists from food industry and nutritionists. This paper presents the results of the performed research for achieving of hypoglucidic concentrated products from Jerusalem artichoke tubers and apples, with antioxidant potential for nutrition of peoples with diabetes. The achieved products were sensory, physic-chemical and microbiologically analysed. The hypoglucidic concentrated products are characterized by their inulin-type fructans (6.95% - White variety; 7.85% – Red variety), vitamin C content (22.65 mg/100g - White variety and 23.70 mg/100g - Red variety), 105.75...165.23 mg GAE/100 g, potassium (297.45 mg/100 g – White variety; 305.10 mg/100 g - Red variety) and phosphorus content (41.54 mg/100 g – White variety; 43.26 mg/100 g - Red variety). The hypoglucidic concentrated products are destined for diabetics, obesity and peoples who want to maintain their weight.

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