The effect of commodity characteristics of apples varieties on the formation of consumer properties of desserts

The commodity characteristics of domestic apple varieties in order to predict consumer properties of marshmallow with low sugar content were studied. As the objects of the study fresh apples of pomological varieties: “Antonovka”, “Gala”, “Simirenko”, “Spartak” of the harvest of 2018 were used. The following conclusions were made in the study: the indicator of the mass fraction of dry substances of fresh apple fruits was directly proportional to rheological characteristics of marshmallow (whipped pastille pastry): the maximum score for the texture was obtained from dessert of “Spartak” apples variety, which contained more than 13.5 % of dry substances. The smallest result was obtained by apples of “Gala” variety - 10.3 %, the products from which had a soft, inelastic consistency. The content of sugars and organic acids and respectively sugar-acid index had considerable impact on indicators of taste and aroma: the products from apples of Antonovka and Simirenko varieties were characterized as the most harmonious to taste (value of sugar-acid index index respectively10...