Recent developments in vibrational spectral analyses for dynamically assessing and monitoring food dehydration processes

Y Ren, X Lin, T Lei, DW Sun - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dehydration is one of the most widely used food processing techniques, which is
sophisticated in nature. Rapid and accurate prediction of dehydration performance and its …

Hyperspectral imaging for the determination of potato slice moisture content and chromaticity during the convective hot air drying process

W Amjad, SOJ Crichton, A Munir, O Hensel… - Biosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) was utilised for the determination of moisture content of potato
slices with three thicknesses (5 mm, 7 mm, 9 mm) at three drying temperatures (50° C, 60° …

Classification of organic beef freshness using VNIR hyperspectral imaging

SOJ Crichton, SM Kirchner, V Porley, S Retz… - Meat science, 2017 - Elsevier
Consumer trust in the food industry is heavily reliant upon accurate labelling of meat
products. As such, methods, which can verify whether meat is correctly labelled are of great …

Use of hyperspectral imaging for the prediction of moisture content and chromaticity of raw and pretreated apple slices during convection drying

S Crichton, L Shrestha, A Hurlbert, B Sturm - Drying technology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The feasibility of using spectral reflectance information in the visible—near infrared (400–
1,000 nm) region to estimate moisture content (gW/gDM) and chromaticity (CIELAB) of apple …

High pH thresholding of beef with VNIR hyperspectral imaging

SOJ Crichton, SM Kirchner, V Porley, S Retz… - Meat science, 2017 - Elsevier
Initial quality grading of meat is generally carried out using invasive and occasionally
destructive sampling for the purposes of pH testing. Precise pH and thresholds exist to allow …

Drying behavior and quality parameters of dried beef (biltong) subjected to different pre-treatments and maturation stages

GJE von Gersdorff, VE Porley, SK Retz… - Drying …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The drying behavior of fresh, matured, and frozen beef, marinated with 0.5% salt, 1% salt,
salt and vinegar, and blind samples, dried at 70° C, was investigated. Weight and color …

Effect of maturation and freezing on quality and drying kinetics of beef

S Retz, VE Porley, G Von Gersdorff, O Hensel… - Drying …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The quality of dried meat products and their drying kinetics significantly depends on the
status of the raw material going into the drying process. The aim of this study was to …

Optical measurement of paper moisture content with application in paper pressing

H Mahdavi, B Stoeber, S Green - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
We present a novel non-contact method for measuring the moisture content of paper. In the
method, paper is illuminated obliquely by light from an IR LED, and the light reflected from …

Exploration of Machine Learning Algorithms for pH and Moisture Estimation in Apples Using VIS-NIR Imaging

E Kavuncuoğlu, N Çetin, B Yildirim, M Nadimi… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-destructive assessment of fruits for grading and quality determination is essential to
automate pre-and post-harvest handling. Near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging (HSI) …

Organic apples (cv. Elstar) quality evaluation during hot-air drying using Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging

L Shrestha, R Moscetti, S Crichton, O Hensel… - IDS 2018. 21st …, 2018 - riunet.upv.es
[♥ EN] Organic dried apples are common snacks fulfilling functional as well as nutritional
aspects. However, appearance of dried slices does not always satisfy consumer …