In the study of the protein enrichment process of ring pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Mer) through the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus niger in solid state fermentation, the water activity is one of the variables that most affects the fermentation process as well as the storage of this enriched protein. The present work, had the objective of obtaing sorption isotherms of the pineapple peel residue in the usual temperatures of the fermentation processes, 25, 30, 35 and 40 ºC, in order to correlate water activity and moisture content. The obtained isotherms were analyzed by the models of Henderson and GAB, being the GAB model, in general, the one that better adjusted to experimental data. The isotherms allowed to find appropriate moisture content to obtain the water activities recommended for the fermentation process as well as during the storage of this enriched protein.
water activity; solid state fermentation; GAB model; Henderson model
