Consecuencias en el congelamiento en el beneficiado de Vanilla planifolia Andrews

The main objective of the experiment was to determine the effect of freezing on the vanilla benefit of small producers in the Sierra de Otontepec, Veracruz. The treatments used were frozen pods for six months and a year and a half, collected in five sites: Estacion, Tamalinillo, Xochitlan, Tancoco and Agua Salada. The response variables used were vanillin content, pod size and weight. To determine the vanillin content of each treatment the method was used by the High Resolution Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis, the results showed that the effect of freezing did not affect the vanillin concentration despite the time in which the pods were frozen , obtaining high concentrations ranging from 3.19% - 14.33%. It was also observed that the size and weight of the pods have no influence on the vanillin content, obtaining an average size between 15 cm - 19.26 cm, listing three of the five sites sampled with extra quality pods, and an average weight of between 1.48 g - 3.79 g.