Josepha Lays Sousa Lima de Holanda¹, Gabrielli Nunes Clímaco^2,, Virlane Kelly Lima Hunaldo¹, Paulo Roberto Barros Gomes³, Maria Alves Fontenele¹, Adriana Crispin de Freitas¹, Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos¹, Jaisane Santos Melo Lobato¹, José de Ribamar Macedo Costa¹, Karuane Saturnino da Silva Araújo⁴

The present work had as objective the development of three cupuassu candy formulations, varying the type and concentration of the sweetener, and evaluation of the physical-chemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics during 180 days of storage. The cupuassu pulps used were obtained from the local market in the city of Imperatriz-MA. The three formulations were produced with partial substitution of sucrose, being cyclamate/saccharin in F1, sucralose in F2 and stevia in F3. The other ingredients were sugar and pectin. The candies were standardized at 70ºBrix and analyzed for pH, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, total sugars and reducing sugars. For microbiological analyzes, molds and yeasts, aerobic mesophilic bacteria and thermotolerant coliforms were analyzed. Sensory analysis was performed using the hedonic scale, the intention to purchase the product using the structured 5-point scale and the attributes acidity and sweetness using the Ideal scale. For the analysis of the results, a randomized block experiment was considered, studying the stability (0, 45, 90, 135 and 180 days) of the physical-chemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics for the three formulations mentioned above. In formulations F1, F2 and F3 there was a significant variation for pH and acidity; pH and SST and; pH, SST, total and reducing sugars, respectively, during the 180-day storage period. Microbiological analyzes showed the absence of all analyzed species, and the sensory attributes, purchasing attitude and ideal scale did not differ according to time for the three formulations, except for color and texture, for the quadratic model of formulation 3.

formulation, sweeteners, acceptability