Recent development in high quality drying of fruits and vegetables assisted by ultrasound: A review

B Xu, ES Tiliwa, W Yan, SMR Azam, B Wei… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The preservation of agri-products with a high moisture content like fruits and vegetables is
challenging. Traditional dehydration techniques (sun drying and hot air drying) were used to …

Effect of processing on phenolic antioxidants of fruits, vegetables, and grains—a review

B Nayak, RH Liu, J Tang - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the influence of processing operations such as drying/dehydration, canning,
extrusion, high hydrostatic pressure, pulsed electric field, and ohmic heating on the …

Application of ultrasonication as pre-treatment for freeze drying: An innovative approach for the retention of nutraceutical quality in foods

R Waghmare, M Kumar, R Yadav, P Mhatre… - Food chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Freeze drying (FD) is an important and highly effective technology in food industry for
retaining the quality in final dried product. This drying technique is performed at lower …

Impact of ultrasound and blanching on functional properties of hot-air dried and freeze dried onions

F Ren, CA Perussello, Z Zhang, JP Kerry, BK Tiwari - Lwt, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ultrasonic treatment and blanching prior
to hot-air drying and freeze drying of onions on the retention of bioactive compounds (total …

Flavonoids in fruits and vegetables after thermal and nonthermal processing: A review

M Ahmed, JB Eun - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Consumers currently demand more nutritious food, which is minimally processed and
naturally produced. Flavonoids are one of the major plant metabolites found throughout the …

Ultrasonication as pretreatment for drying of tomato slices in a hot air–microwave hybrid oven

E Horuz, HJ Jaafar, M Maskan - Drying Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to investigate the effect of ultrasonic pretreatment on drying time and quality
properties of tomato slices dried by microwave combined with hot air at 60° C. The influence …

Use of ultrasound pretreatment in drying of fruits: Drying rates, quality attributes, and shelf life extension

KJ Mothibe, M Zhang, J Nsor-atindana… - Drying …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Evolving advanced pretreatment techniques such as application of ultrasound prior to fruit
drying have attracted significant research and development efforts due to the rising demand …

The impact of ultrasound and steam blanching pre-treatments on the drying kinetics, energy consumption and selected properties of parsley leaves

M Sledz, A Wiktor, K Rybak, M Nowacka… - Applied Acoustics, 2016 - Elsevier
In current study the influence of ultrasound pre-treatment and drying conditions (microwave
power, air temperature) was analysed by the means of drying kinetics, energy consumption …

A comprehensive review on the application of ultrasound for the preservation of fruits and vegetables

F Ahmad, ZH Mohammad, S Zaidi… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound technology is a green and environment‐friendly technology that rarely causes
thermal damage to food products. In this review, we present an overview of the application of …

Effects of ultrasound and microwave pretreatments of apple before spouted bed drying on rate of dehydration and physical properties

KJ Mothibe, M Zhang, AS Mujumdar, YC Wang… - Drying …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Pretreatments of fruits before drying have been proposed as alternative way to improve the
quality of dried fruits and reduce drying time. In the present study, the effects of different …