Influence of drying on the retention of olive leaf polyphenols infused into dried apple

[EN] Olive leaf extracts are rich in polyphenolic compounds. Their inclusion by impregnation in food solid matrices could improve the nutritional value and antioxidant capacity of dietary products, such as apple. Drying the food matrix is interesting not only because it speeds up the infusion but also because of its effect on the final stabilization of impregnated food. In this work, the influence of drying method on the retention of infused olive leaf polyphenols in a solid matrix (apple) was addressed. For this purpose, apple cubes (10 mm side) were initially dehydrated by freeze drying or hot air drying at 60 °C and then impregnated with the olive leaf extract. After the polyphenolic infusion, samples were dried for the final stabilization by means of three different methods: freeze drying and hot air drying at 60 °C both with and without ultrasound application. The retention of infused polyphenols in apple samples was evaluated by determining the total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity and quantifying the main olive leaf polyphenols by HPLC-DAD/MS MS. The drying kinetics and the loss of apple solids during impregnation were modeled by using diffusion equations and the Weibull model, respectively. The role of fresh apple drying on the retention of infused olive leaf polyphenols was more significant than the further drying of the impregnated apple. Thus, hot air drying of fresh apple provided the highest antioxidant capacity (47.1±2.6 mg Trolox/g d.m.), and oleuropein contents in the final dried apple of up to 1,928 mg/100 g d.m. were foundThe authors thank the Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO/2010/062, PROMETEO/2012/007, and ACOMP/2013/93) for its financial support. M. H. 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