McDougall G.J., Dobson P., Jordan-Mahy N. (2010) Effect of different cooking regimes on rhubarb polyphenols. Food Chemistry 119:758-764

Abbreviation: MCDOUGALL 2010

Food Processing

This publication was used to obtain 15 retention factor values.

Retention Factor Food Before Processing Food After Processing Content Before Processing Content After Processing Units
0.98 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 31.53 31.6 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.76 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 31.53 24.45 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.74 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 31.53 23.83 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.71 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 6.0 4.37 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.68 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 6.0 4.17 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.69 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 6.0 4.27 mg/100 g fresh weight
0.61 Rhubarb Rhubarb, blanched 6.0 3.73 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.10 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 31.53 35.67 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.27 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 31.53 41.18 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.51 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 31.53 48.64 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.18 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 31.53 38.1 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.06 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 6.0 6.52 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.26 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 6.0 7.71 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.95 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 6.0 11.94 mg/100 g fresh weight
1.17 Rhubarb Rhubarb, boiled - in a dish with water and sugar, covered and placed in a pre-heated oven 6.0 7.21 mg/100 g fresh weight