Laboratory and field experiments were carried out with apples (Malus x domestica Bork) cv. ‘Golden Reinders’, to assess the efficacy of sodium salt of carboxymethyl ether of cellulose (0.5%, CMC) as an adjuvant for Ca spray formulations containing either Cachloride or Ca-propionate as active ingredient (120 or 250 mM Ca). This additive significantly increased the retention of Ca-containing solu...

A study was conducted to determine the effects of different levels of apple juice concentrate (AJC), blackcurrant concentrate (BCC) and pectin on the moisture content, water activity, color, texture and ascorbic acid content of apple-blackcurrant fruit leather using the response surface methodology. The results showed the moisture content increased with increasing pectin level and with greater ...

Machine learning algorithms have been usually used in food drying. These models are also effectively for nonlinear processes such as heat and mass transfer. Estimation of drying characteristics is important optimizing conditions. Estimating moisture rate ensures accurate high quality the product under air-convective In this study, (DR) ratio (MR) were estimated conditions with use time, content...

9 10 Plant food materials have a very high demand in the consumer market and therefore, improved food products 11 and efficient processing techniques are concurrently being researched in food engineering. In this context, 12 numerical modelling and simulation techniques have a very high potential to reveal fundamentals of the 13 underlying mechanisms involved. However, numerical modelling of pl...