RT Journal Article
T1 Potential Nutrition and Health Claims in Deastringed Persimmon Fruits (Diospyros kaki L.), Variety ‘Rojo Brillante’, PDO ’Ribera del Xúquer’
A1 Domínguez Díaz, Laura
A1 Dorta Pérez, Eva
A1 Maher, Sarita
A1 Morales Gómez, Patricia
A1 Fernández Ruiz, Virginia
A1 Cámara Hurtado, María De La Montaña
A1 Sánchez Mata, María De Cortes
AB In Europe, nutrition and health claims made on food must be based on scientific evidence, which means a comprehensive evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) prior to authorisation. Processed foods are subject to numerous claims derived from the presence of bioactive compounds; however, natural food products, often the original sources of those compounds, are not habitually the subject of these claims. Although the consumption of persimmon fruit has important health benefits, up to date no specific health claims are authorised for this fruit. In this work, ‘Rojo Brillante’ persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki L.), Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) ‘Ribera del Xúquer’ were characterized regarding the presence of fiber (soluble and insoluble), vitamin C (ascorbic and dehydroascorbic acids), carotenoids (neoxanthin, violaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, β- carotene) and mineral elements (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ca, Mg, Na, K). Different fruit batches harvested in different seasons were analyzed by standardized analytical methods (Association of Official Analytical Chemists, AOAC), high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) and atomic absorption spectroscopy. Based on the results, Persimon® is potentially able to show two nutrition claims “Source of fiber” and “Sodium-free/salt-free”. This work could set the ground for future studies and to start considering natural food products as candidates for the use of approved claims.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-6643
YR 2020
FD 2020-05-13
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8599
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8599
LA eng
NO Domínguez Díaz, L. Dorta Pérez, E., Maher, S. et al. «Potential Nutrition and Health Claims in Deastringed Persimmon Fruits (Diospyros Kaki L.), Variety ‘Rojo Brillante’, PDO ’Ribera Del Xúquer’». Nutrients, vol. 12, n.o 5, mayo de 2020, p. 1397. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051397.
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid/Banco de Santander
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025