Abstract:In order to improve the yield of soluble dietary fiber (SDF) prepared from fruit and vegetable pomace by lactic acid bacteria fermentation, the "Xuxiang" kiwifruit pomace was used as the raw material in this research. Single-factor experiments and orthogonal experiments were conducted to optimize the preparation process, and the samples prepared by fermentation were compared with those prepared by the acid extraction and enzymatic assisted extraction. The results showed that the optimal process conditions for preparing SDF by fermentation were: material to liquid ratio, 1:20 (g/mL); fermentation time, 48 hours; fermentation temperature, 35 ℃ ; initial pH, 3.0; inoculum volume, 10% (volume fraction of fermentation system). Under these conditions, the yield of SDF from kiwifruit pomace was 17.83%, which was higher than those of the acid method (14.93%) and enzymatic method (15.69%). The analysis of physicochemical properties revealed that the SDF prepared by fermentation had a water holding capacity of 11.01 g/g, swelling capacity of 8.66 mL/g, solubility of 90.12%, water-binding capacity of 15.46 g/g, and nitrite adsorption capacities of 889.61 μg/g at pH 2.0 and 282.80 μg/g at pH 7.0, showing superior properties of this SDF compared to those of the SDF samples obtained by the acid and enzymatic methods. The above research results indicate that kiwifruit pomace is a high-quality source of soluble dietary fiber, and the research provides a theoretical basis for the high-value utilization of kiwifruit processing by-products.