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Double-dip caustic peeling of potatoes I: Laboratory-scale development

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A modified caustic peeling process for potatoes was developed and evaluated. The process, called the double-dip process, comprises two separate caustic applications with an intervening holding period. Results on Russet Burbank potatoes showed that tissue removal was enhanced for the double-dip process when compared to the standard single dip process and that the double-dip process can effect reduction in caustic usage without requiring additional heat input.

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Un método modificado de pelado de papas en medio caústico fue desarrollado y evaluado. El método, llamado de proceso de doble inmersion, comprende dos aplicaciones caústicas con un periodo intermedio. Los resultados con papas Russet Burbank demostraron que la remoción del tejido fue acelerado por el proceso a doble inmersión al compararlo con el método standard de inmersión simple y que puede permitir reducir la cantidad de medio caústico a utilizarse sin requerir incorpocación adicional de temperatura en el proceso.

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Huxsoll, C.C., Weaver, M.L. & Ng, K.C. Double-dip caustic peeling of potatoes I: Laboratory-scale development. American Potato Journal 58, 327–338 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02854098

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