The capsicum annuum L., is a vegetable of extreme economic importance in Brazil. Information on the nutritional composition of foods is a parameter that assists consumers during the choice of products. The objective of this work was to evaluate the centesimal composition and the sugar content of fresh and dry green peppers at 60 oC in order to identify if these components remained after drying. The experiment w...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the ideal amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to be used in the titration breath analysis in juazeiro (Ziziphus joazeiro Mart.) Fruits harvested in the city of Pombal, Paraíba. For this, two volumes of NaOH, 0.5 and 1.0 mL were tested during the 24 hour period. The results demonstrated that the volume of 0.5 mL was efficient only for short periods of analysis, more prec...