| Fruit juice |
pH |
Total acidity,
g/L |
Ascorbic acid content,
g/100 mL |
Total phenolic content mg GAE/mL |
| Lime |
2.79 |
12.48 ± 0.22 |
0.645 ± 0.022 |
0.468 ± 0.019 |
| Lemon |
2.81 |
6.49 ± 0.01 |
0.616 ± 0.042 |
0.569 ± 0.031 |
| Grapefruit |
4.40 |
3.2 ± 0.06 |
0.709 ± 0.014 |
0.668 ± 0.071 |
| Watermelon |
5.94 |
0.94 ± 0.07 |
0.0763 ± 0.012 |
0.246 ± 0.020 |
| Sweet melon |
6.77 |
0.48 ± 0.35 |
0.270 ± 0.013 |
0.306 ± 0.021 |
| Pomegranate |
4.51 |
5.16 ± 0.27 |
0.0587 ± 0.012 |
0.776 ± 0.092 |
|
| Values are expressed as mean ± SD, n=3; GAE: watermelon acid equivalent |
| Table 1: pH, total acidity, ascorbic acid and total phenolic content in the six fruit
juices. |
