Ohmic heating blanching of Agaricus bisporus mushroom: Effects on polyphenoloxidase inactivation kinetics, color, and texture

The effect of ohmic heating blanching (OHB) on the inactivation kinetics of polyphenol oxidase (PPO), color, and texture from Agaricus bisporus mushroom treated at different temperatures (67–90 °C) for 1 to 5 min was investigated in the present work. OHB and conventional blanching (CB) treatments were able to inactivate mushroom PPO. However, the inactivation kinetics results showed a lower energy activation (E_a) value during OHB (16.03 ± 1.34 KJmol-1) compared to conventional blanching (20.07 ± 1.85 KJmol-1). Significant differences were observed in color (L*, h° and ΔE) and mushroom texture between the blanching treatments. Nevertheless, both treatments caused minimal physicochemical changes. Therefore, OHB is a promising technology for mushroom blanching because it promotes PPO inactivation in less time and reduces the impact on the color and texture of mushrooms compared to CB.