Effect of Size and Drying Time on the Rehydration and Sensory Properties of Freeze-Dried Snails (Achatina achatina)

Table 1

Moisture content (%) of freeze-dried and smoked snails.

Snail Size (fresh weight/g)	% moisture (freeze-dried snails)			% moisture of commercial smoked snail (control)
	15 h	20 h	25 h
Quarter ()	^aA	^aA	^bA
Half ()	^aA	^aA	^bA
Whole ()	^aB	^aA	^bA

Values () with the same superscript in the same row or column are not significantly different from each other. The lowercase letters compared values in the same row in terms of the same size across drying time while the uppercase letters compared values in the same column in relation to the different sizes under the same drying time. 15 h, 20 h, and 25 h were the drying times used.