Osmotic dehydration is a simultaneous mass transfer process which mainly promotes the
flow of water molecules from the food to osmo‐active solution and some migration of solutes …

Banana has a special place in the daily diet of millions of people around the world for
sustenance and nutrient enrichment. Some of the popular food uses of banana are chips …

In this study, the effect of the ultrasound and osmotic dehydration pretreatments before the
convective drying of the persimmon fruit was assessed via their drying behavior and quality …

Pretreatment of fruits prior to drying has shown success in reducing drying time and costs. In
this work, ultrasound-assisted osmotic dehydration has been implemented as a method to …

The effect of ultrasound-assisted osmotic dehydration applied for different lengths of time on
pineapple tissue structure was evaluated. Using distilled water as the liquid medium …

Dehydration of fruits is an alternative to reduce post-harvest loss of fruits and also a process
to produce dried fruits, which can be directly consumed or become part of foodstuffs like …

We evaluated the finished product quality and infrared (IR) drying characteristics of fresh
and sugar-infused blueberries dried with a catalytic infrared (CIR) dryer. IR drying tests were …

Dehydration of fruits is an alternative to reduce post-harvest loss of fruits and also a process
to produce dried fruits, which can be directly consumed or become part of foodstuffs like …

Ultrasound application represents an alternative means of improving heat and mass
transfer. This study explored the combined application of ultrasound (US) during both the …

Effects of high pressure argon (H), ultrasound (U) and their combination treatments (UH) on
physico-chemical characteristics of white mushrooms were studied during 9d of postharvest …