Effect of osmotic predehydration on drying characteristics of banana fruits Efeito da pré-secagem osmótica sobre as características de banana desidratada

Osmotic dehydration is considered to be a suitable preprocessing step to reduce the water content of foods. Such products can be dried further by conventional drying processes to lower their water activity and thus extend their shelf life. In this work, banana (Musa sapientum) fruits were initially...

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Main Authors: Vahideh Ranemaye Rabbani Jalali, Narendra Narain, Gabriel Francisco da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2008-06-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612008000200002