Abstract:
This study aimed to explore the nutritional components and their differences among the young fruits of different grape (
Vitis vinifera L.) varieties, providing reference for the rational processing and utilization of young fruits of grapes. By taking the young fruits of 10 grape varieties as the research object, the nutritional components of the young fruits were determined by refractometry and spectrophotometry. The differences in the contents of soluble solids, total acid, reducing sugar, flavonoids, and polyphenols among the young fruits of different grape varieties were compared, and the total antioxidant capacity of grape young fruits was evaluated by using the FRAP method. The results showed that the contents of soluble solids and total acid in young fruits of Summer Black were the highest, which were 7.73% and 40.6 mg·g
−1 FW, respectively. The content of reducing sugar in young fruits of Golden Finger grape was the highest, which was 41.60 mg·g
−1 FW. The content of crude polysaccharides in young fruits of Zaoxia was the highest, which was 46.47 mg·g
−1 FW. The highest content of soluble protein was found in young fruits of Shine Muscat, at 4.29 μg·g
−1 FW. The content of vitamin C in young fruits of Heimeiren was the highest, which was 390.00 μg·g
−1 FW. The content of pectin in young fruits of Golden Finger was the highest, which was 16.61 μmol·g
−1 FW. The contents of flavonoids, polyphenols, proanthocyanidins and tannins in young fruits of Jumeigui were all the highest, which were 35.31, 6.45, 39.11 and 56.72 mg·g
−1 FW, respectively. There were significant differences in the total antioxidant capacity of young fruits of different grape varieties. The correlation analysis showed that the total antioxidant capacity of young fruits of grapes was significantly correlated with the contents of flavonoids, proanthocyanidins, polyphenols and tannins. This study explored the differences and characteristics of the nutritional components of young fruits of grapes, which could provide reference for the classification, processing and utilization of young fruits of grapes.