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Lecture 10 - Drying of fruits and Vegetables |
Objective: In this chapter, drying and dehydration of fruits and vegetables have been discussed. Advantages of drying, mechanism of drying, drying curve, advantage of dehydration over open sun drying, factors affecting dehydration, pre-drying treatments like blanching, sulphuring, drying methods, different types of driers alongwith advantages and disadvantages and osmotic dehydration are the major topics discussed in this chapter. |
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