Table 1 Physicochemical parameters of raw and SC-CO2-treated cane juice.

From: The potential use of supercritical carbon dioxide in sugarcane juice processing

Trial

Treatment

pH

Soluble solids (°Brix)

1

raw

5.4 ± 0.1

25.3 ± 0.0

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

5.3 ± 0.0

24.9 ± 0.0

−0.1

−0.4

2

raw

5.2 ± 0.1

24.2 ± 0.1

130 bar/40 °C/30 min

5.0 ± 0.1

24.0 ± 0.1

−0.2

−0.2

3

raw

4.6 ± 0.0

22.1 ± 0.1

295 bar/40 °C/30 min

4.6 ± 0.1

21.8 ± 0.1

0.0

−0.3

4

raw

5.4 ± 0.1

25.2 ± 0.1

130 bar/60 °C/30 min

5.1 ± 0.1

25.0 ± 0.1

−0.3

−0.2

5

raw

5.4 ± 0.1

24.3 ± 0.0

295 bar/60 °C/30 min

5.2 ± 0.1

24.0 ± 0.1

−0.2

−0.3

6

raw

5.4 ± 0.0

23.5 ± 0.1

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

5.4 ± 0.0

23.2 ± 0.1

0.0

−0.3

7

raw

5.4 ± 0.1

23.6 ± 0.1

130 bar/40 °C/60 min

5.0 ± 0.1

23.2 ± 0.1

−0.4

−0.4

8

raw

5.3 ± 0.1

23.7 ±

295 bar/40 °C/60 min

5.1 ±

23.6 ±

−0.2

-0.1

9

raw

4.6 ± 0.1

21.4 ± 0.1

130 bar/60 °C/60 min

4.4 ± 0.0

21.2 ± 0.1

−0.2

−0.2

10

raw

5.3 ± 0.1

18.7 ± 0.1

295 bar/60 °C/60 min

5.5 ± 0.0

18.7 ± 0.1

0.2

0.0

11

raw

5.5 ± 0.1

20.6 ± 0.1

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

5.6 ± 0.1

20.4 ± 0.0

0.1

−0.2

12

raw

6.0 ± 0.1

19.0 ± 0.1

74 bar/ 50 °C/ 45 min

6.3 ± 0.0

18.7 ± 0.1

0.3

−0.3

13

raw

5.6 ± 0.1

20.9 ± 0.1

351 bar/50 °C/45 min

5.4 ± 0.0

20.8 ± 0.1

−0.2

−0.1

14

raw

5.4 ± 0.1

20.4 ± 0.1

213 bar/33 °C/45 min

5.2 ± 0.0

20.1 ± 0.1

−0.2

−0.3

15

raw

5.6 ± 0.1

19.9 ± 0.1

213 bar/67 °C/45 min

5.5 ± 0.1

19.9 ± 0.0

−0.1

0.0

16

raw

5.6 ± 0.1

18.6 ± 0.1

213 bar/50 °C/20 min

5.6 ± 0.0

18.6 ± 0.1

0.0

0.0

17

raw

5.3 ± 0.1

18.5 ± 0.1

213 bar/50 °C/70 min

5.4 ± 0.0

18.2 ± 0.1

0.1

−0.3

  1. Mean values of 3 replicates ± standard deviation.
  2. Δ - variation.