JOURNAL OF FOOD QUALITY, cilt.27, sa.5, ss.311-319, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Ascorbic acid loss in thermally treated rose hip pulp was modeled mathematically. Isothermal experiments in the temperature range of 70-95C were utilized to determine the kinetics of ascorbic acid loss in the pulp during heating under anaerobic circumstances. Changes in ascorbic acid decomposition followed a first-order reaction. Temperature dependence of the rate constant during thermal processing of rose hip pulp obeyed the Arrhenius relationship with an activation. energy of 47.5 kJ/mole.