Comparison of traditional and novel drying techniques and its effect on quality of fruits, vegetables and aromatic herbs

Á Calín-Sánchez, L Lipan, M Cano-Lamadrid… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drying is known as the best method to preserve fruits, vegetables, and herbs, decreasing not
only the raw material volume but also its weight. This results in cheaper transportation and …

A review of drying methods for improving the quality of dried herbs

G Thamkaew, I Sjöholm, FG Galindo - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
A large number of herb-drying studies have been conducted in recent decades and several
herb-drying techniques have been introduced. However, the quality of commercial dried …

Performance of indirect through pass natural convective solar crop dryer with phase change thermal energy storage

D Jain, P Tewari - Renewable energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art solar crop dryer was developed with thermal energy storage to maintain
continuity of drying of herbs for their colour and flavour vulnerability. The dryer consists of flat …

Influence of drying methods on the antibacterial, antioxidant and essential oil volatile composition of herbs: a review

LYW Chua, CH Chong, BL Chua, A Figiel - Food and Bioprocess …, 2019 - Springer
Drying is considered as the most common and fundamental technique for the postharvest
preservation of herbs and is regarded as a good process to retain bioactive compounds …

Novel drying techniques for spices and herbs: A review

W **, AS Mujumdar, M Zhang, W Shi - Food Engineering Reviews, 2018 - Springer
Spices and herbs are important parts of human daily food consumption and play an
essential role in seasoning and/or preserving food, curing illness, and enhancing cosmetics …

An insight into the extraction and fractionation technologies of the essential oils and bioactive compounds in Rosmarinus officinalis L.: past, present and future

A Ali, BL Chua, YH Chow - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural products in drug discovery are in high demand. Thus, researchers are driven to
investigate existing and new technologies for effective separation and fractionation of …

Suitability of LF-NMR to analysis water state and predict dielectric properties of Chinese yam during microwave vacuum drying

L Li, M Zhang, P Yang - Lwt, 2019 - Elsevier
The feasibility of low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) was investigated to predict
the dielectric properties of Chinese yam slices. Changes in relaxation behaviors and …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Thermal food processing: new technologies and quality issues

DW Sun - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
The challenge of maintaining both quality and safety in the thermal processing of foods
results from the degradation of heat-sensitive quality attributes during processing. The editor …

Drying technologies: Vehicle to high-quality herbs

A Orphanides, V Goulas, V Gekas - Food Engineering Reviews, 2016 - Springer
Herbs are usually marketed as dry due to a consumer demand beyond their seasonality;
dehydration leads to a stable, easily moveable product that is available throughout the year …

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Capacity, and Sensory Quality of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Arils and Rind as Affected by Drying Method

Á Calín-Sánchez, A Figiel, F Hernández… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2013 - Springer
The objective of this study was to evaluate the application of:(1) freeze drying,(2) convective
drying (50, 60, or 70° C),(3) vacuum–microwave drying (240, 360, or 480 W), and (4) a …