Thermal and nonthermal assisted drying of fruits and vegetables. Underlying principles and role in physicochemical properties and product quality

ID Boateng - Food Engineering Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Fruits and vegetables are essential for overall human health and nutrition, and there is a
high quest for fruits and vegetables of superior quality. Nonetheless, the preservation of fruit …

Application of novel pretreatment technologies for intensification of drying performance and quality attributes of food commodities: a review

S Malakar, VK Arora, M Munshi, DK Yadav… - Food Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Drying is an energy-intensive process that can be reduced by the application of pretreatment
prior to drying to enhance mass transfer and minimize energy consumption. This review …

Nutritional Analysis of Red-Purple and White-Fleshed Pitaya (Hylocereus) Species

ŞH Attar, MA Gündeşli, I Urün, S Kafkas, NE Kafkas… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pitaya is one of the most preferred and produced tropical fruit species recently introduced to
the Mediterrranean region in Turkey. Due to its nutritional fruits with high economic value …

Biochemical composition, drying kinetics and chromatic parameters of red pepper as affected by cultivars and drying methods

H Pinar, N Çetin, B Ciftci, K Karaman… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of different drying methods (open-sun, shade, greenhouse, microwave
(300− 600 W), air-convective (60− 80° C) and freeze drying) on drying kinetics, biochemical …

Morphological and Biochemical Properties in Fruits of Naturally Grown Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.) Genotypes in Northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Skender, S Hadžiabulić, S Ercisli, J Hasanbegović… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) is considered to be one of those medicinal plants with
important nutritional and therapeutic properties. The plant shows resistance against abiotic …

Effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy during convective drying of bread containing clove oil/orange oil

Fİ Şahin, N Acaralı - Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of present study was to investigate the characteristic drying behaviour of bread with
the convective drying method for increasing bread shelf life. Effective moisture diffusivity and …

Bioactive properties and enzymatic activities in long and round type eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Inferences for processable traits

S Sharma, SNS Chaurasia, J Singh, S Tiwari, B Kole… - Scientia …, 2022 - Elsevier
Eggplant is a valuable commercial vegetable widely consumed due to its unique meaty taste
and nutritional and functional properties. The present investigation was done with the aim to …

Mathematical modeling and drying characteristics of thin layer drying of bitter gourd in evacuated tube solar dryer-without heat pipe

DK Yadav, P Dhurve, VK Arora - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Evacuated tube solar dryer-without heat pipe (ETSD-WHP), also called direct flow
evacuated tube solar dryer was used for preservation and quality analysis of bitter gourd …

A comparative study of electrical and conventional pre-treatments for quality assessment of hot air dried green bell pepper

NT Erol, B Incedayi, F Sari… - Food Science and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, the effect of pretreatments (hot water blanching, microwave blanching and
ohmic heating) on drying kinetics and quality characteristics of green bell pepper dried at 60 …

Impact of ohmic heating and ultrasound pretreatments on oil absorption and other quality parameters of fried potato

F Sari, B Incedayi, N Turkmen Erol, P Akpinar… - Potato Research, 2024 - Springer
In this study, the effect of pretreatments ((hot water blanching (HWB), ultrasound (US) and
ohmic heating (OH)) on reducing the oil absorption of potato during frying and the changes …