Kinetics of mass transfer, and colour changes during osmotic dehydration of watermelon

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 979-985

  Falade, Kolawole O ^a   Igbeka, Joseph C ^a   Ayanwuyi, Funke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

CIE colour parameters; Diffusivity; Osmotic dehydration; Pretreatment; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS;

COLOUR PARAMETERS; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION; WATERMELON;

FRUITS;

DEHYDRATION; FRUITS; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 33846226667     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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