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Author(s): Anabela Sousa
Susana Casal
Albino Bento
Ricardo Malheiro
Beatriz B P P Oliveira
Jose Alberto Pereira
Title: Chemical Characterization of "Alcaparras" Stoned Table Olives from Northeast Portugal
Issue Date: 2011
Abstract: Commercial stoned table olives named "alcaparras" from Tras-os-Montes (Portugal) were chemically characterized. During three consecutive years (2004-2006) 30 samples (10 per year) were examined for their nutritional value (moisture, crude protein, total fat, ash, carbohydrates, and energy), with a detailed report of the fatty acids and tocopherols composition. Water was the major constituent (72.5 +/- 5.5%), followed by fat (14.6 +/- 5.1%). The average amount of protein and ash were 1.1% and 3.4%, respectively, reporting unusual ash values for table olives, related to the technological process. One hundred grams of fresh stoned table olives presented an average energetic value of 156 kcal, lower than most table olives. The lipids are rich in oleic acid (average of 77.7 +/- 2.0%), followed by palmitic acid and linoleic acid. Samples showed an average of total tocopherols of 1.2 mg/100 g of fresh weight, being a-tocopherol the most abundant. Table olives are important sources of MUFA, as olive oil, recognized as a preventive factor in diseases in which free radicals are implicated, complemented by the amounts of vitamin E, with both antioxidant and vitamin action.
Subject: Química
Chemical sciences
Scientific areas: Ciências exactas e naturais::Química
Natural sciences::Chemical sciences
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/94474
Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
Rights: restrictedAccess
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