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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Ciência Rural, 8(45), p. 1515-1521

DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20140338

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Hygroscopic behaviour of cassava flour from dry and water groups

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Abstract

Cassava flour from dry and water groups are important starch products widely consumed in the Amazonian region of Brazil. In this study, the moisture sorption isotherms of cassava flour from dry and water groups were obtained in the water activity (a w) range from 0.09 to 0.94 (dry group) and 0.07 to 0.93 (water group) at 25°C and the applicability of eight mathematical models in data prediction was evaluated. Both cassava flour from dry and water groups exhibited type II isotherms (sigmoid) and the hysteresis effect between adsorption and desorption isotherms was shown almost over the entire range of a w. The moisture of cassava flour from dry and water groups should not exceed 11.3g H 2 O 100g-1 (a w =0.6) to ensure the theoretical microbiological stability and the monolayer moisture value (9.0 and 7.9 g H 2 O 100g-1 , respectively) indicated the level of moisture content to be reached during the drying process to avoid unnecessary power consumption. Finally, the data fit showed that the mathematical model of GAB were able to predict efficiently the sorption isotherms of both cassava flour from dry and water group at the entire a w range. RESUMO As farinhas de mandioca do grupo seca e do grupo d'água são produtos amiláceos amplamente consumidos na região amazônica do Brasil. Neste estudo, as isotermas de adsorção e dessorção de umidade foram obtidas para ambos os produtos a 25°C, na faixa de atividade de água (a w) de 0,09 a 0,94 (tipo seca) e 0,07 a 0,93 (tipo d'água). Foi avaliada a aplicabilidade de oito modelos matemáticos na predição das isotermas de sorção. Tanto a farinha tipo seca quanto a farinha tipo d'água apresentaram isotermas tipo II (sigmoide) e um efeito de histerese entre as isotermas de adsorção e dessorção, que se estendeu em toda a faixa de a w. Para que a estabilidade microbiológica teórica seja assegurada, a umidade em ambas as farinhas de mandioca não pode alcançar valores superiores a 11,3 g H 2 O 100g