Carrots were washed, peeled and processed through a centrif- ugal juicer (Kenwood JE560, Kenwood Electronics Italy, Milan) to shred the carrots and obtain the two components (fibrous pulp and juice), which subsequently were mixed in order to obtain a raw puree. Lemon juice was immediately added to reduce oxidation; then, Fruttapec 3:1 and sucrose were added under manual agitation and the mixture was cooked (105.0 1.0 C) for 5 min.