A comparative study was made of the evolution and modification of various carotenoids and vitaminA in untreated orange
juice, pasteurized orange
juice (90

C, 20 s), and orange
juice processed withhigh-intensity pulsed electric fields (HIPEF) (30 kV/cm, 100

s), during 7 weeks of storage at 2 and10

C. The concentration of total carotenoids in the untreated
juice decreased by 12.6% when the
juice was pasteurized, whereas the decrease was only 6.7% when the
juice was treated with HIPEF.Vitamin A was greatest in the untreated orange
juice, followed by orange
juice treated with HIPEF(decrease of 7.52%) and, last, pasteurized orange
juice (decrease of 15.62%). The decrease in theconcentrations of total carotenoids and vitamin A during storage in refrigeration was greater in theuntreated orange
juice and the pasteurized
juice than in the
juice treated with HIPEF. During storageat 10

C, auroxanthin formed in the untreated
juice and in the
juice treated with HIPEF. This carotenoidis a degradation product of violaxanthin. The concentration of antheraxanthin decreased duringstorage, and it was converted into mutatoxanthin, except in the untreated and pasteurized orange
juices stored at 2

C.