摘要:Raw guava juice is turbid, viscous and gray in color. This study was initiated to optimize the enzymatic clarification process of guava juice using response surface methodology . Guava juice was treated with pectinase at various enzyme concentrations (0.01-0.2%), temperatures (30-50°C) and time (30-150 min) of treatment. The effect of enzyme treatments on percentage yield, clarity, turbidity, titrable acidity and viscosity of the juice were studied by employing a second order central composite design. Based on response surface and contour plots, the optimum conditions for clarifying guava juice obtained were: 0.11% enzyme concentration, incubation temperature of 41.30°C and incubation time of 115.98 min with percent yield (80.03%), clarity (1.34 Abs), turbidity (1.07 Abs), titrable acidity (0.525%), viscosity (2.4 cps) and desirability of 0.942. Statistical analysis showed that percentage yield, clarity, viscosity and turbidity were significantly (p<0.05) correlated to enzyme concentration, incubation temperature and incubation time.