| Summary: | Initially, four different solvents were compared to determine the best solvent for white pepper oleoresin extraction.
Methanol was chosen as it resulted in the highest yield and total phenolic content (TPC) of oleoresin extract from white
pepper. This study was also carried out to determine the functional and physicochemical properties of white pepper
produced via water retting. Fresh pepper berries were soaked in distilled water (1:2, w/w) at four different temperatures
of 28, 35, 42, and 49 ℃ for 16 days. The yield, oleoresin content, colour, fracturability, free radical scavenging activity,
and TPC of white pepper produced were determined on the 4th, 8th, 12th, and 16th day of the retting process. Results
showed that 8 days of retting at 28 ℃ was sufficient to produce a significantly (p < 0.05) high yield and most fractured
white pepper. For other properties, it was suggested that retting time of 8 days was sufficient to produce satisfactory
whiteness value, piperine content, free radical scavenging activity, and TPC. Therefore, it can be concluded that the
quality of white pepper very much depended on retting temperature compared to the duration of the retting process.
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