Combined Drying Technologies for High-Quality Kiwifruit Powder Production

María Benlloch-Tinoco, Gemma Moraga, María del Mar Camacho, Nuria Martínez-Navarrete*

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Abstract

Freeze-drying is a dehydration technique which, from a sensory, nutritional and functional point of view, provides high-quality powder products. Nevertheless, both long processing times and high economic costs are required. In this study, pre-drying the samples using hot air or microwave has been considered in order to reduce the initial product's water content thereby shortening the freeze-drying time so as to obtain high value products at a reduced cost. The effect of dehydration pre-treatments on the kinetics, antioxidant activity and solubility of freeze-dried kiwifruit products was evaluated. Nine different thin-layer semi-theoretical models were used to fit the drying data. According to the obtained results, the pre-treated samples exhibited higher drying rates than the fresh sample. In turn, the dehydration pre-treatments used did not affect the solubility or the antioxidant activity of the samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3544-3553
Number of pages10
JournalFood and Bioprocess Technology
Volume6
Issue number12
Early online date18 Dec 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Antioxidant capacity
  • Drying kinetics
  • Freeze-drying
  • Hot air
  • Microwave
  • Solubility

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